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ELCOtherNot stated in the judgment· [2022] KEELC 1547 (KLR)
Equilab Technologies Limited v Attorney General & 4 others [2022] KEELC 1547 (KLR)
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#What this practically means
#Executive summary
#This brief direction by Lucy N. Mbugua, Judge, issued on 26th January 2022 at Nairobi, resolved a procedural anomaly rather than any substantive claim. The court observed that the application dated 6th March 2019 filed by the Petitioner/Applicant, which had come up for determination, had not been filed in the matter before it but in a separate Judicial Review suit. Judge Eboso, in a ruling dated 4th October 2021, had directed that the application be argued in the cause in which it was actually filed. Notwithstanding that, directions had been given on 8th November 2021 for the application to be handled in the present matter. The court held that those directions could not stand because the application was not on file in this suit. It set aside the directions of 8th November 2021 and marked the matter as CLOSED. No costs order was made and no substantive relief was determined. The ruling contains no citation of authorities, no statutory provisions, and no framing of issues beyond the placement of the misfiled application. Practitioners should note that the disposition is purely administrative: parties wishing to pursue the application must prosecute it in the Judicial Review suit where it was properly filed.
Key legal issues
#01
Whether directions permitting argument of an application in a suit in which it was not filed could stand
Holding
The directions were set aside because the application belonged to the Judicial Review suit, not this matter
Reasoning
The court noted that the application dated 6th March 2019 was filed in the Judicial Review suit. Judge Eboso had on 4.10.2021 directed that the application be argued in the cause in which it was filed. Since the application was not on file in this suit, the directions of 8.11.2021 could not stand and were set aside.
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Legal principles established
#Court orders
#- 1.Directions given on 8.11.2021 set aside as the application is not filed in this suit
- 2.The matter is marked as CLOSED
- Jurisdiction invoked
- Inherent directions jurisdiction over applications filed in the wrong suit; the application dated 6th March 2019 is in the Judicial Review suit
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#Practical implications
#Frequently asked questions
#Later judgments citing this (1)
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#Cite this brief
Caselaw, "Equilab Technologies Limited v Attorney General & 4 others [2022] KEELC 1547 (KLR)", Case Analysis (2022). Not stated in the judgment. Source: https://new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/judgment/keelc/2022/1547/eng@2022-01-26
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