Macharia Njeru & Elijah M Njeru t/a Macharia-Mwangi & Njeru Advocates v Kimani (Appeal E043 of 2023) [2023] KEELRC 2051 (KLR)
The bottom line
#The High Court paused collection of a Kshs. 675,000 award until an appeal is heard, provided the money is kept in a joint interest-earning account.
What this practically means
#Executive summary
#Questions the Court framed
#The issues the Court set itself to decide, in its own words.
- 1.Whether the applicants have demonstrated substantial loss to justify a stay of execution
- 2.Whether the application was made without unreasonable delay
- 3.Whether the applicants are prepared to furnish security for the due performance of the decree
- 4.Whether the applicants have an arguable appeal
Key legal issues
#Conditions for grant of stay of execution pending appeal under Order 42 Rule 6(2)
The court found the principles in Order 42 Rule 6(2) applicable, noted the applicant's willingness to furnish security, and granted a conditional stay by ordering the decretal sum be deposited in a joint interest-earning account.
The court restated the statutory conditions in Order 42 Rule 6(2): substantial loss, application without unreasonable delay, and security. It observed that the applicant had indicated willingness to abide by any order on security. On that basis, rather than refusing the application, the court crafted a conditional order securing the decretal sum pending the appeal, balancing the interests of both parties.
Legal principles established
#- In granting a stay of execution the court exercises judicial discretion, guided principally by substantial loss, absence of undue delay, an arguable appeal and the furnishing of security.
Court orders
#- 1.The applicant to deposit the decretal sum in a joint interest-earning account in the name of both advocates within 30 days of the ruling
- 2.Costs to abide the outcome of the appeal
The bench
#One judgment of the whole court — no separate or dissenting opinions.
Wrote the judgment
- On appeal from
- MC ELRC
- E.1397 of 2020
- Jurisdiction invoked
- Order 42 Rule 6 of the Civil Procedure Rules (stay of execution pending appeal)
Quotable passages
#Verbatim from the judgment, each located to the page it appears on in the official PDF — so these can be cited and checked directly.
The court further considers whether the applicant has arguable appeal and the preparedness of the applicant to furnish security as provided under order 42 Rule 6(2).
In the circumstances the court hereby orders that the applicant do deposit the decretal sum in a joint interest earning account in the mane of both advocates within 30 days of this ruling.
Costs shall abide the outcome of the appeal. It is so ordered.
Issues in the judgment
#The judgment does not state the full names or case number of the parties or the appeal; the coram records blank lines for counsel appearing.
The date line is internally inconsistent, reading 'ON THIS DAY OF 28TH DAY OF JULY, 2023' though the ruling is described as a 'ruling' while styled a judgment.
Key timeline
#Practical implications
#Frequently asked questions
#Cite this brief
#Cite this brief
Caselaw, "Macharia Njeru & Elijah M Njeru t/a Macharia-Mwangi & Njeru Advocates v Kimani (Appeal E043 of 2023) [2023] KEELRC 2051 (KLR)", Case Analysis (2023). Not stated in the judgment. Source: https://new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/judgment/keelrc/2023/2051/eng@2023-07-28
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