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NICHOLAS OMONDI
V.
A ROCHA LIMITED

(2016) JELR 95792 (CA)

Court of Appeal 4 Nov 2016 Kenya
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- The applicant sought extension of time to file and serve a Notice of Appeal out of time and/or for the Notice of Appeal already served to be deemed valid, challenging a High Court judgment delivered on 11 September 2015. - The main ground

Case Details

Suit Number:Civil Application 4 of 2016 (UR 3/2016)
Judges:James Otieno Odek
Location:Nairobi
Other Citations:Nicholas Omondi v. A Rocha Limited [2016] eKLR

RULING

1. By an amended Notice of Motion dated 10th May 2016, the applicant seeks leave to file and serve Notice of Appeal out of time and or leave to have the Notice of Appeal dated 10th September 2015 and served on 19th October 2015 be deemed to have been duly filed and served in respect of an intended appeal against the judgment of the High Court (Mutungi, J.) dated 11th September 2015.

2. The ground in support of the application as stated on the face thereof is that the High Court judgment was delivered on 10th September 2015 without notice and or knowledge of the applicant or his then counsel on record; that after the applicant’s then counsel became aware of the judgment he filed a notice of appeal on 12th October 2015 and duly served the respondent’s counsel on 19th October 2015; that on 20th October 2015 the applicant’s counsel wrote a letter to the High Court requesting for typed proceedings of the Judgment and inadvertently omitted to request for certified copies of proceedings…

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