Evans Ooko Nyamota v Beemtho Service Ltd [2022] KEELRC 299 (KLR)
The bottom line
#What this practically means
#Executive summary
#Key legal issues
#Whether the consent agreement reducing the decretal sum to Kshs 200,000 was binding and enforceable
The consent was not one the court could rely on because it was contested, was never brought to the court's attention since July 2021, and was never adopted as an order of the court.
The claimant denied signing the consent and denied that the identity card referenced was his. The applicant alleged fraud but adduced no evidence under sections 107 and 108 of the Evidence Act. The court held that a consent not adopted as an order cannot be unilaterally enforced; parties must jointly move the court for adoption before it binds.
Whether the application for stay of execution was maintainable
The stay aspect was res judicata, having previously been brought to the court and determined.
The court found that the issue of stay had already been litigated and determined in the same matter. Re-litigating it in the present application offended the doctrine of res judicata, and the court declined to entertain it afresh.
Mode of realization of the decretal sum where the consent is denied
Payment can only be realized through execution or by agreement of the parties.
Having found the consent unreliable and unadopted, the court held that no consensual installment regime existed. The decree therefore remained executable in the ordinary way unless the parties voluntarily agreed otherwise.
Legal principles established
#- A consent filed in court but never adopted as an order of the court cannot be relied upon or enforced against a party who denies it, unless the parties jointly move the court for its adoption.
- An application on an issue already determined by the court is barred by res judicata.
- Where a consent on mode of payment is denied and not adopted, the decretal sum can only be realized through execution or by fresh agreement of the parties.
Court orders
#- 1.The application dated 2nd November 2021 is dismissed with costs
- Jurisdiction invoked
- Inherent jurisdiction of the Employment and Labour Relations Court over its own decrees; application under certificate of urgency (stay of execution invoked via Order 42 Rule 6(2) of the Civil Procedure Rules as argued by the parties)
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#Frequently asked questions
#Cite this brief
#Cite this brief
Caselaw, "Evans Ooko Nyamota v Beemtho Service Ltd [2022] KEELRC 299 (KLR)", Case Analysis (2022). Cause No 485 of 2017. Source: https://new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/judgment/keelrc/2022/299/eng@2022-04-21
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