Kinyua & Maingi Advocates v Trident Insurance Company Limited

Kinyua & Maingi Advocates v Trident Insurance Company Limited (Civil Miscellaneous E333 of 2023) [2025] KEHC 16921 (KLR) (17 November 2025) (Ruling) Neutral citation: [2025] KEHC 16921 (KLR) REPUBLIC OF KENYA IN THE HIGH COURT AT NAKURU CIVIL MISCELLANEOUS E333 OF 2023 JM NANG'EA, J NOVEMBER 17, 2025 BETWEEN KINYUA & MAINGI ADVOCATES ...................................................... APPLICANT AND TRIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED ............................ RESPONDENT RULING 1. For the court’s determination is the Applicant’s Notice of Motion dated 3rd July 2025 for orders as hereunder;1. That judgement be entered in favour of the Applicant against the Respondent for the sum of Kenya Shillings Sixty five Thousand Five Hundred (Kshs. 65,500/=) only being the certified costs due to the Applicant as against the Respondent. (sic) 2. That the Respondent does pay to the Applicant the costs of the Application together with interest on the taxed sum. 2. The Application is supported by grounds set out on the body thereof as well as affidavit evidence of Njoki Kinyua Advocate. In a nutshell, the Applicant’s Law Firm claims the stated sum on the basis of an Advocate-Client Bill of Costs dated 27th September 2023 the Deputy Registrar of this court taxed on 1st July 2025. 3. Return of service of the Application upon the Respondent is filed but no reply has been made. The Application is therefore deemed as unopposed and hereby allowed as prayed. 4. Judgement entered and Decree shall issue accordingly. JUDGEMENT SIGNED AND DELIVERED VIRTUALLY AT NAKURU THIS 17TH DAY NOVEMBER, 2025. https://new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/judgment/kehc/2025/16921/eng@2025-11-17 1

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