Kairu & Mc Court Advocates v Jubilee Allianz General Insurance Company Ltd

Kairu & MC Court Advocates v Jubilee Allianz General Insurance Company Ltd (Miscellaneous Civil Application E348 of 2024) [2026] KEHC 8815 (KLR) (Civ) (16 June 2026) (Ruling) Neutral citation: [2026] KEHC 8815 (KLR) REPUBLIC OF KENYA IN THE HIGH COURT AT NAIROBI (MILIMANI LAW COURTS) CIVIL MISCELLANEOUS CIVIL APPLICATION E348 OF 2024 SIFUNA NIXON, J JUNE 16, 2026 BETWEEN KAIRU & MC COURT ADVOCATES .................................................. APPLICANT AND JUBILEE ALLIANZ GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY LTD ... RESPONDENT RULING 1. This is an Application by an Advocate against the client seeking judgment for Ksh 61,981/10= as the taxed Advocate-Client costs. It is further seeking interest thereon at the rate of 14% per annum. 2. This is an Application under Section 51 (2) of the Advocates Act (Cap 16 Laws of Kenya). Under which an Advocate whose Advocate-Client costs have been taxed and a Certificate of Costs has been issued, shall apply for Judgment to be entered in terms of that Certificate of Taxation. 3. The prayer for interest on such amount is provided for by Paragraph 7 of the Advocates Remuneration Order. Determination 4. In drafting an Application, party should draft the prayers very carefully. This is because an Application should speak for itself, and a Court will only grant what is prayed for. A party is bound by its pleadings, and a Court shall not read into the pleading what is not pleaded or refomulate the prayers. 5. While the Application has prayed for Judgment for the taxed Advocates, it has in that prayer (Prayer 1) not stated that sum is as per a Certificate of Taxation. Neither has it stated the date of that Certificate or the Taxing Officer that issued it. https://new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/judgment/kehc/2026/8815/eng@2026-06-16 1

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