RULING
1.The applicants’ Notice of Motion dated 28th September, 2020 brought under rule 4 of this Court’s Rules seeks extension of time for filing the appeal in respect of the judgment of the High Court of Kenya at Nyeri in HCC No. 38 of 2011 that was delivered on 16th Jul,y 2012.
2.In a lengthy affidavit sworn by Cornelius M. Gatere, a trustee of the 1st applicant, he states, inter alia that upon delivery of the impugned judgment the 1st applicant instructed the firm of Gori, Ombongi & Company Advocates to file an appeal against the said decision and severally the said firm deliberately misled the 1st applicant into believing that an appeal had been filed, only for the 1st appliant to discover much later that no appeal had been filed.
3.Upon so realizing, the 1st applicant made a report to the Advocates Complaints Commission and the said Law Firm was cited for professional misconduct and directed to refund to the 1st applicant part of the fees that had been paid as a deposit for pursuin…