Mwihoko Housing Co. Ltd v Equity Business Society [2001] KECA 160 (KLR)
The bottom line
#Kenya's Court of Appeal refused to overturn a judge's decision denying a housing company extra time to file its appeal, and ordered it to pay costs.
What this practically means
#Executive summary
#Key legal issues
#Whether the single judge erred in refusing to extend time to lodge an appeal out of time
The Full Court found no error of principle in the single judge's exercise of discretion and dismissed the reference.
The reference under rule 54(1)(b) sought to reverse the single judge's decision of 22 December 2000 refusing extension of time. After considering the applicant's counsel's submissions, the court was not persuaded that the judge erred in principle or otherwise in refusing to exercise his discretion, nor that any material before him could have supported a different conclusion. The reference was accordingly dismissed with costs.
Legal principles established
#- A single judge's refusal to extend time to lodge an appeal out of time will not be disturbed on reference to the Full Court absent an error of principle or absence of material supporting the decision.
Court orders
#- 1.The reference is dismissed with costs
- On appeal from
- High Court of Kenya at Nairobi (single Judge of the Court of Appeal, Justice Shah)
- H.C.C.C. No. 5992 of 1992
- Jurisdiction invoked
- Rule 54(1)(b) of the Rules of this Court (reference to the Full Court from a decision of a single Judge)
Key timeline
#Practical implications
#Frequently asked questions
#Cite this brief
#Cite this brief
Caselaw, "Mwihoko Housing Co. Ltd v Equity Business Society [2001] KECA 160 (KLR)", Case Analysis (2001). Civil Application No. Nai. 192 of 2000. Source: https://new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/judgment/keca/2001/160/eng@2001-05-22
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