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JUAN TORRES & ANOTHER
V.
MICHAEL NJAI

(2017) JELR 100510 (CA)

Court of Appeal 9 Jun 2017 Kenya
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Suit Number:Civil Appeal 154 of 2015
Judges:Erastus Mwaniki Githinji, Martha Karambu Koome, Jamila Mohammed
Location:Nairobi
Other Citations:Juan Torres & another v. Michael Njai [2017] eKLR

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

[1] This is an appeal from the order of the Employment and Labour Relations Court (Court) (Monica Mbaru, J.) made on 3rd February 2015. By the ruling or rather the order, the learned Judge allowed an oral application made by Dr. Kamau Kuria SC learned counsel for Michael Njai, the respondent, directing Juan Torres and Cosima Wetende (the appellants herein), to attend court for cross-examination on the respective affidavits at the hearing of the respondent’s application for committal to jail of the appellants for contempt of the Court.

[2] More specifically, by the said Ruling, the learned Judge directed that the respondent’s application for committal of the appellants dated 14th January be heard within the next 14 days and that:

“On the said date the application will be heard through affidavits and present for cross-examination shall be the claimant and both respondents.”

[3] The brief background preceeding the above direction is briefly as hereunder. [3.1] On 2nd De…

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