Mogeni v Koskei & another (Environment and Land Appeal E033 of 2023) [2024] KEELC 7032 (KLR)
The bottom line
#The Kajiado Environment and Land Court refused to pause execution of a land judgment because the appellant filed the appeal without providing the actual court record.
What this practically means
#Executive summary
#Key legal issues
#Whether the application was properly before the court absent the record of appeal and the impugned judgment/ruling
The application was not properly before the court; the omission was fatal
The Applicant filed a memorandum of appeal against the ruling of 30th November 2023 but neither filed the Record of Appeal nor the judgment and ruling appealed from, contrary to Order 42 Rules 2 and 13(4) of the Civil Procedure Rules. Without those documents the court had nothing to assess to determine whether the lower court's reasoning was sound. Following Musamarini Limited v A.D.M. Limited, the court held it would be acting in the dark to grant orders on issues not placed before it, a technicality going to the root of the suit.
Whether the Application met the threshold for stay of execution under Order 42 Rule 6
The court declined to reach the merits because of the applicant's failure to avail the record
Having found the application not properly before the court for want of the Record of Appeal and the impugned judgment and ruling, the court did not consider whether substantial loss, security or timeliness under Order 42 Rule 6 had been demonstrated. The 1st Respondent had argued no substantial loss would arise since the appeal lay against the ruling, not the judgment declaring him owner; the Applicant relied on Giella v Cassman Brown and related authorities, but the court disposed of the application on the jurisdictional/procedural ground.
Legal principles established
#- A court cannot properly determine an application or appeal where the applicant fails to avail the judgment, ruling or record being appealed from
Court orders
#- 1.Application dismissed
- 2.Costs of the application awarded to the 1st Respondent
- On appeal from
- Principal Magistrate's Court, Ngong
- PM ELC Case No. 16 of 2023
- Jurisdiction invoked
- Order 42 Rule 6(1)(2) and Order 51(1) of the Civil Procedure Rules; Sections 1A, 3A of the Civil Procedure Act; Article 53 of the Constitution
Key timeline
#Practical implications
#Frequently asked questions
#Cite this brief
#Cite this brief
Caselaw, "Mogeni v Koskei & another (Environment and Land Appeal E033 of 2023) [2024] KEELC 7032 (KLR)", Case Analysis (2024). Ngong PM ELC Case No. 16 of 2018 (Appeal). Source: https://new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/judgment/keelc/2024/7032/eng@2024-10-24
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