Morrison M. Muriuki v Lawrence Karugu Kimani & another [2022] KEELC 553 (KLR)
The bottom line
#A Kenyan court cannot revive an application it already dismissed, so parties must pursue set-aside or appeal routes before seeking fresh interim orders.
What this practically means
#Executive summary
#Key legal issues
#Status of the Notice of Motion dated 13/5/2020
The Motion stood dismissed by the orders of 30/11/2020 and there was no valid Motion on record on which the Court could render a ruling
The Court recorded that on 30/11/2020 it had dismissed the Motion for non-filing of written submissions and non-prosecution. Parties later sought, on 2/6/2021, to canvass the same Motion notwithstanding its dismissal. The Court held that since the dismissal orders had never been varied, set aside or appealed, no valid Motion remained on record. The Petitioner remained free to fix the main Petition for hearing.
Legal principles established
#- Where a court has dismissed an application and that dismissal has not been varied, set aside or appealed against, the application cannot be canvassed afresh and no ruling can issue on it
Court orders
#- 1.A declaration that the Notice of Motion dated 13/5/2020 stands dismissed
- 2.Liberty to the Petitioner to expeditiously fix the Petition for hearing at the earliest
- Jurisdiction invoked
- Article 22(1) of the Constitution of Kenya and the Constitution of Kenya (Protection of Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and Enforcement of the Constitution) Practice and Procedure Rules, 2012
Key timeline
#Practical implications
#Frequently asked questions
#Cite this brief
#Cite this brief
Caselaw, "Morrison M. Muriuki v Lawrence Karugu Kimani & another [2022] KEELC 553 (KLR)", Case Analysis (2022). Petition No 17 of 2020. Source: https://new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/judgment/keelc/2022/553/eng@2022-03-24
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