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ELCDismissed· [2020] KEELC 176 (KLR)
George Joseph Otieno v Wamalanda Okwako [2020] KEELC 176 (KLR)
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#What this practically means
#Executive summary
#The applicant moved the court by a notice of motion dated 11th December 2013, brought under sections 3, 3A and 63(c) of the Civil Procedure Act and Order 40 rules 1(a), (b) and 4 of the Civil Procedure Rules, seeking temporary injunctions restraining the respondent, his relatives, agents and servants from trespassing on, cultivating, occupying, alienating, cutting trees on or dealing in any manner with L.R. Marama/Shiatsala/1132, both pending interpartes hearing and pending final determination of the suit. The applicant asserted he was the registered owner and administrator of the suit land and that the respondent had trespassed, cultivated, damaged the land, cut trees and was alienating and selling it to unsuspecting buyers. The respondent admitted the applicant's registration but claimed to be the registered proprietor of the adjacent L.R. No. Marama/Shiatsala/1065 (registered in 1967), asserting a long-standing boundary dispute dating back to encroachment by the applicant's father in the early 1990s, and that a prior 1993 suit had been dismissed for want of prosecution. The court applied the Giella v Cassman Brown principles, adding that an interlocutory injunction is an equitable relief which may be declined where the applicant's conduct does not meet the approval of equity. It found the applicant had not demonstrated loss incapable of adequate compensation in damages, and noted the application had lain dormant since 2013. The application was dismissed with costs in the cause, the court directing the matter to proceed to full hearing on its existing hearing date.
Key legal issues
#01
Whether the applicant met the Giella v Cassman Brown principles for an interlocutory injunction
Holding
The application failed because the applicant did not demonstrate irreparable loss not compensable in damages
Reasoning
The court applied the three Giella principles. While the applicant claimed registered ownership and trespass, the respondent admitted the applicant's registration but asserted an adjacent parcel and a long-standing boundary dispute. The court noted the applicant failed to show loss beyond what damages could compensate, and that the application filed in 2013 had never proceeded, so it should go to full hearing.
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Legal principles established
#- An interlocutory injunction is an equitable relief and may be declined where the applicant's conduct does not meet the approval of a court of equity
Court orders
#- 1.The application dated 11th December 2013 is dismissed
- 2.Costs to be in the cause
- 3.The matter to proceed to full hearing on the existing hearing date
- Jurisdiction invoked
- Sections 3, 3A and 63(c) of the Civil Procedure Act Cap 21 and Order 40 rules 1(a), (b) and 4 of the Civil Procedure Rules
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Caselaw, "George Joseph Otieno v Wamalanda Okwako [2020] KEELC 176 (KLR)", Case Analysis (2020). . Source: https://new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/judgment/keelc/2020/176/eng@2020-12-15
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