Patrick Ndirangu Kibe v Margaret Wanjiku Kamau [2015] KEHC 465 (KLR)
- Court
- High Court of Kenya
- Case number
- 465
- Citation
- [2015] KEHC 465 (KLR)
- Decided
- 18 December 2015
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TypeCivil AppealPostureAppeal from the ruling of the Ag. Senior Resident Magistrate Hon. A. W. NyoikeCoramW. MUSYOKA
Holding
The application is dismissed with costs.
Facts
The appellant Patrick Ndirangu Kibe filed an application dated 19th August 2014 seeking for the return of the lower court's file to the court's registry. The respondent Margaret Wanjiku Kamau filed grounds of opposition on 23rd February 2015, but the document did not find its way to the court record.
Issues
- Whether the court misapprehended the law on consent judgments and came to the wrong conclusion.
- Whether the applicant's application meets the criteria for review as set out in Order 45 rule 1 of the Civil Procedure Rules.
Reasoning
The court ruled that the applicant's application does not meet the criteria for review as set out in Order 45 rule 1 of the Civil Procedure Rules, and the matters raised by the applicant are really not the subject of a review, but an appeal.
Outcome
Appeal dismissed
Orders
- The application is dismissed with costs.
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