Background A complaint was lodged with the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) alleging a fictitious payment of Kshs. 280 Million into the Prof. Tom Ojienda, Sc T/A Prof. Tom Ojienda & Associates Advocates’ (Prof. Ojienda) advocate-client bank account by Mumias Sugar Company Limited. CMC Misc. Criminal Application No. 168 of 2015 Based on this…
Rex is married to Mrs. Rex and they have two children aged 4 years and 6 years. Two years ago Rex sustained an injury to his spine in a motor accident that left him paralyzed and unable to work. Ever since Mrs. Rex, has been subjecting Rex and the two minors to constant threats to…
New holders of public officers need to declare their wealth within 30 days from the date of joining service! Kenya is going through a transition with new office bearers taking up public offices as a result of the just concluded August 2022 general elections. Most of them especially those coming from the…
Forum of filing The validity of an election petition of a county governor is determined by a High Court established within the county or one nearest to the county. For instance, if Busia County has no court of high court status, parties can file their election petitions in Kakamega or Kisumu. The validity of…
Section 280 of the Companies Act, 2015, among other sections provides for situations where it is impractical to conduct a meeting as required by a company’s Articles.
Ace litigator has precedents for ELECTION PETITIONS for positions of Governor, Member of National Assembly and Member of County Assembly. These are hypothetical and can always be amended to fit the Client’s claim. They are accompanied by supporting Affidavits pursuant to Rule 8 of the REVISED ELECTIONS (PARLIAMENTARY AND COUNTY ELECTIONS) PETITION RULES, 2017
Grants of representation are issued by the courts in form of certificates. They serve to confirm that a particular person has authority to act as a personal representative of a dead person.
Succession. When a person dies, his affairs have to be administered. This means debts not paid have to be paid off while money owed to him is to be collected. A person has to apply for authority to deal with and handle the affairs of the deceased person.
In Re: Arvind Engineering Limited ML HC IP No. 03 of 2019 [2019] eKLR the High Court also held that where there’s any pending insolvency proceedings, the Debenture Holder once made aware of such proceedings ought to remain in those proceedings and make arguments for or against the grant of the order.
The Supreme Court in ascertaining the position of judicial abstinence, as with judicial restraint also known as the Pullman doctrine in Benson Ambuti Adega & 2 Others vs Kibos Distillers Ltd & 5 Others [2020] eKLR upheld the Court of Appeal’s decision in finding that the lower court erred in law in finding that the Environment and Land Court…