Lja Associates Llp v Kenindia Assurance Company Limited

LJA Associates LLP v Kenindia Assurance Company Limited (Miscellaneous Civil Application E363 of 2024) [2025] KEHC 10496 (KLR) (Civ) (25 June 2025) (Ruling) Neutral citation: [2025] KEHC 10496 (KLR) REPUBLIC OF KENYA IN THE HIGH COURT AT NAIROBI (MILIMANI LAW COURTS) CIVIL MISCELLANEOUS CIVIL APPLICATION E363 OF 2024 SIFUNA NIXON, J JUNE 25, 2025 BETWEEN LJA ASSOCIATES LLP ............................................................................ APPLICANT AND KENINDIA ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED .......................... RESPONDENT RULING 1. This is an Application by an Advocate against his Client, for the taxed Advocate-Client Costs as per the Certificate of Taxation dated 18th September 2024, by Hon Silvia Motari (Taxing Officer), for the sum of Ksh 206,838=. The Application has not been opposed and neither has retainership been contested. 2. Given therefore that the said Certificate of Taxation dated 18th September 2025 has neither been varied nor set aside, the same is valid. On the basis of these facts, this Application is hereby allowed and judgment is hereby entered for the Applicants against the Respondent for the sum of Ksh 206,838= stated in the said Certificate. 3. I hereby also award the Applicant interest atcourt rates from the date of taxation (and which date was 8th August 2024) until payment in full. The Applicant shall also have the costs of this Application; which I hereby assess at Ksh 10,000=. DATED AND DELIVERED AT NAIROBI ON THIS 25TH DAY OF JUNE 2025. PROF (DR) NIXON SIFUNA JUDGE https://new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/judgment/kehc/2025/10496/eng@2025-06-25 1