B R N 12 CIVIL LITIGATION 2 — Transcript
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- 0:02We've done quite some ground on civil.
- 0:05We've uh done quite some things on civil
- 0:08and my expectation so far is that we
- 0:12understand something. I don't want you
- 0:13to understand everything at this moment.
- 0:16You know, I want you to understand
- 0:18something at least uh substantively or
- 0:21procedurally. Now civil is a very
- 0:23interesting unity and I keep saying this
- 0:24every day uh that uh some of you will
- 0:29pass civil even without knowing how they
- 0:32pass civil and that is very simple
- 0:34because uh simple is a civil is just
- 0:37like that it's just uh simple it is
- 0:40simple as such that is civil
- 0:44okay so what you need to understand is
- 0:46the procedure and uh through the last
- 0:50let's say 22 classes cuz we've had 22
- 0:53classes so far and today is our 22nd no
- 0:58our 23rd class. Uh we've looked at
- 1:01various things from the introduction.
- 1:04We have looked at the introduction to
- 1:08symbol. We've looked at everything until
- 1:11the execution of decrease. Okay. Uh the
- 1:15execution of decrease and all that. Now
- 1:18I want us to go quickly over the
- 1:20overview just to bring us uh up to speed
- 1:24uh where we are. I want us to go that
- 1:26quickly so that we can uh see a few
- 1:28things up to where we are and then we
- 1:30can jump into order 45
- 1:33uh and if we have some time we can go
- 1:35through order 42 uh which is review and
- 1:38appeals. But I want us to start from
- 1:40generally where we started. Okay.
- 1:46All right. So now if you do remember we
- 1:50started civil with the plant interview
- 1:54and that is how civil is uh civil is
- 1:57divided. So we start from client
- 1:58interview and that becomes our very
- 2:01first topic and the very first
- 2:02consideration you do uh when it comes to
- 2:05civil litigation. So the client
- 2:06interview is the first one. So under the
- 2:08client interview we have the opportunity
- 2:11to talk about a very few uh I mean some
- 2:13things that the dos and don'ts during
- 2:14the client interview and generally what
- 2:16you're supposed to do to ensure that uh
- 2:20the client interview is successful and
- 2:22the factors to be considered at that
- 2:24point and then after that we've gone
- 2:26straight and discussed the letters uh
- 2:28that is the legal opinion and the demand
- 2:31letter and then after the demand letter
- 2:34we went straight and talked about
- 2:35factors to be considered before you
- 2:37bring a suit, before you draft a suit.
- 2:40And we're going to see this in many
- 2:42questions starting from the November
- 2:432021 question one uh the April 2021 2022
- 2:48question 2 question one. We look at also
- 2:51the October 2022 question one and that
- 2:55sets simply the issues around the
- 2:57factors to be considered before somebody
- 2:59can prepare or draft a suit.
- 3:03We we left there after discussing things
- 3:06to do with uh parties to suit,
- 3:08jurisdiction, cause of action,
- 3:09limitation of time, ethical
- 3:11considerations and such. Okay, we
- 3:13stopped there and we jump right into
- 3:15order one. And we said that if we are
- 3:18going to court then we are going to
- 3:19follow the civil procedure rules and
- 3:21that starts from order one. Order one is
- 3:24the base. Order one is the basic uh the
- 3:26basic point. What is order one thing?
- 3:29Order one is a parties to suit. So we
- 3:31need to define parties. Uh we went
- 3:33through the question of joiner and joint
- 3:36of parties. Went through the rules of
- 3:38joiner went to third party proceedings
- 3:40and all that. Okay. And then we said
- 3:43that after order one we go straight to
- 3:46order two and order three. Order two and
- 3:48order three now provides for the rules
- 3:50of preparation of pleadings. It provides
- 3:52for the rules of preparation of
- 3:54pleadings. If you want to prepare a
- 3:56pleading, what is it that you're
- 3:57supposed to do? That was under order two
- 4:00and order three. We left order two and
- 4:02three and we jump straight into order
- 4:05four. And we said under order four we
- 4:07are now bringing the mother the mother
- 4:09of pleadings and that is the plate. So
- 4:11we talked about drafting of a plaint
- 4:14order order four but of course as read
- 4:16together with order 1 2 and three. So
- 4:19order one to four literally just gave us
- 4:22the rules of preparation of pleadings.
- 4:25Okay. generally pleadings generally
- 4:27everything about pleadings. After that
- 4:29we went to the next stage of the
- 4:31procedure and that is the question of
- 4:33service under order five and we said
- 4:35that the moment you prepare your
- 4:36pleading you will file it and then you
- 4:38will serve. In terms of service we said
- 4:41two key timelines. The first timeline we
- 4:43talked about was the 30 days where
- 4:45you're supposed to take out summons. you
- 4:47go and take out summons from court. And
- 4:48then the second key timeline is the 12
- 4:51months that you have for you to serve
- 4:53the summons upon the defendant. You need
- 4:56to serve the defendant within serve the
- 4:58defendants within um
- 5:021 year and then we say that should you
- 5:05not serve within one year then the time
- 5:08sorry the summons will expire and then
- 5:10we shall start counting time for
- 5:12purposes of dismissing your suit for one
- 5:14of prosecution. Okay, that was order
- 5:17five. After order five, again after
- 5:19discussing the modes of service, uh the
- 5:21rules of service, who can serve, service
- 5:23abroad, substituted service and all
- 5:26that, we went to order six. As you can
- 5:28see, we are going stage by stage by
- 5:30stage. We went to order, we went to
- 5:32order six. Under order six, we talked
- 5:34about now the question of entering
- 5:36appearance and we said that the person
- 5:38that was served under order five will
- 5:40have a duty to will have a duty to enter
- 5:45appearance under order under order six.
- 5:47Entering of appearance and we said that
- 5:50should you not enter appearance under
- 5:51order six then we shall take you under
- 5:53order 10 and get what we call default
- 5:56judgment. Anyway, we left order six
- 5:59after this person, the defendant has
- 6:00entered appearance and it went straight
- 6:02to order order 7. Order 7 is now where
- 6:05they file their defense and if anything
- 6:07they have a counter claim, they will
- 6:09file it there. Okay, we talked about
- 6:11counter claims, we drafted counter
- 6:13claims, we drafted defenses and all
- 6:15that. And then we said that under order
- 6:178, this is where pleadings are now
- 6:19closing. And under order eight, we start
- 6:22we start the question of amendment of
- 6:24pleadings. We do amend pleadings and in
- 6:27terms of amendment of pleadings of
- 6:28course we shall be looking at the
- 6:30question under uh 2023 and also a little
- 6:33bit of 2024 but general 2023 there's a
- 6:36question there that talks about the
- 6:37amendment of pleadings there's a
- 6:39question in June 2021 that also talk
- 6:41about amendments
- 6:42of pleadings also we look at those
- 6:44questions so that we can uh just wrap up
- 6:47our knowledge and understanding around
- 6:49questions of amendment that was order
- 6:51eight now order 9 is generally questions
- 6:56to do with agents and representatives
- 6:59and this is where you appoint advocates.
- 7:01So notice of appointment of advocates uh
- 7:03demands that any advocate that has been
- 7:05appointed should file a notice of
- 7:07appointment of advocate. Number two, it
- 7:10provides that any advocate that is being
- 7:13fired or whenever you fire an advocate,
- 7:15the advocate that is coming in is
- 7:17supposed to file a notice of change of
- 7:19advocate. So order nine is generally
- 7:21about advocates and then went to order
- 7:2310. Order 10. I've spoken about order 10
- 7:25and we said order 10 was the question of
- 7:27default judgment as per the default
- 7:30under order six. If they default to
- 7:32enter appearance then we move straight
- 7:34to we move straight to order 10. Now
- 7:36order 11 was simple that is the
- 7:38pre-trial uh that was the pre-trial
- 7:40process uh the pre-trial process and
- 7:43then order 12 is where the trial begins.
- 7:45The trial begins from order 12 and the
- 7:48trial ends at order 20 application for
- 7:51accounts. So order 12 was about the
- 7:55question of attendance of parties.
- 7:57Parties must attend court physically
- 7:59whenever they are so required for
- 8:02hearing either through their advocates
- 8:04if they have one or they can attend in
- 8:07person.
- 8:08Now we also did say that when you look
- 8:11at order 12 it gives some of the
- 8:13consequences of the consequences of
- 8:16nonattendance which I explained in the
- 8:19class three times and I said that
- 8:22attendance is different from appearance.
- 8:24The consequence of attendance is
- 8:26different from the consequence of
- 8:28appearance. Why am I saying that? I'm
- 8:29saying that so that you understand. You
- 8:32will be so happy if you approach this
- 8:35unit from a point of understanding. I
- 8:38would rather you don't even know what
- 8:40order 10 talks about. You don't even
- 8:43know what order 11 talks about. That is
- 8:45not your business. But at least you need
- 8:48to know that there's something called
- 8:50amendment. There's something called
- 8:51default. There's something called
- 8:52attendance. You don't have to cram the
- 8:54sections of law or the orders. Just
- 8:57understand the procedure. If you can
- 9:00narrate the procedure from order one all
- 9:02the way to where we have execution of
- 9:04decrees, you're good to go. You don't
- 9:05have to know what in what specific in
- 9:08what specific manner because it's a
- 9:09procedure. So the examiner will be so
- 9:11interested in the procedure. Now I've
- 9:13said order 12 to order 20 are questions
- 9:16that happen during during the hearing of
- 9:19this matter. It could be the hearing of
- 9:21the pleading or the hearing of the
- 9:23application. And what one such thing is
- 9:26attendance.
- 9:28Okay. Another thing is the framing of
- 9:30issues. What are issues that are
- 9:32supposed to be determined? That is under
- 9:3413. Uh another thing is the proponent of
- 9:36documents and uh 14. Uh the question of
- 9:40uh summoning of witnesses, production of
- 9:42evidence, questioning the order of
- 9:45trial, affidavit, all that. Everything
- 9:48that you're learning in your trial
- 9:50advocacy, everything that you're
- 9:52learning in your trial advocacy class is
- 9:54between order 12 to order 20. Are we
- 9:57together? That is the hearing of the
- 9:59hearing of the application or the
- 10:01hearing of the pleading. And then after
- 10:03the hearing then we move straight into
- 10:05order 21 that was judgment, rulings,
- 10:09decrease and orders. And we said that a
- 10:12judgment and a ruling are the
- 10:14determination of the court or the answer
- 10:16that the court gives in as far as in as
- 10:19far as that application or that ruling
- 10:22sorry that application is concerned or
- 10:24that judge uh pleading is concerned to
- 10:26go. So that was the question of
- 10:28judgment. Under judgment there are two
- 10:30things. The first one we talked about
- 10:32was the preparation of judgment and
- 10:33rulings. The rules of preparation of
- 10:35judgment and rulings. And we did that in
- 10:37this class. Okay. We did that in that
- 10:39class in the structure. We gave the fire
- 10:42rule, the facts, the issues, the rule,
- 10:44the analysis and the conclusion. And
- 10:47further we said a judgment must be
- 10:49dated. It must be signed. Are we
- 10:52together? Now after that we went to the
- 10:55second bit that is under order 21 rule 8
- 10:57and we said that there must be an
- 10:59extraction of a decree. You extract the
- 11:02decree or you extract the order. We
- 11:04discussed the procedure of extracting a
- 11:06decree and extracting an order. And then
- 11:09at that moment remember that we said
- 11:11that the parties will graduate or the
- 11:14parties will change. So that we'll start
- 11:16having we'll start having the judgment
- 11:18data that is the party that has lost the
- 11:20case and the judgment creditor that is a
- 11:23party that has won the case and we said
- 11:25that after you win the case then you
- 11:27graduate as well once you get the decree
- 11:30you now become the decree holder. Okay.
- 11:33So at that moment we have the winner and
- 11:35the loser and then from there we made a
- 11:37stretch. We made a stretch and we
- 11:40started discussing the question of
- 11:42execution of decrees under order 22. We
- 11:45talked about the various ways of
- 11:46execution of decrees. How decrees can be
- 11:49executed
- 11:51all the way from attachment. All the
- 11:53five types of attachment, appointment of
- 11:55receivers, we talked about gui
- 11:57proceedings, execution against the
- 11:59government and all that. Okay. But also
- 12:02we talked about the remedies against
- 12:04judgment and decree which were we talked
- 12:07about payment and installments. Um we
- 12:09talked about objector proceedings. We
- 12:11talked about state of execution. And
- 12:13today we shall talk about the question
- 12:15of review and then we shall follow up
- 12:17with the question of appeals which now
- 12:19finalizes the entire question of the
- 12:22entire question of uh civil procedure.
- 12:25However, remember we said that at the
- 12:27moment you file under order five, from
- 12:31order five, the moment you file from
- 12:34order five or the moment you prepare a
- 12:36pleading from order four up to the time
- 12:40the decree has been issued, you normally
- 12:43have some interlocatory prayers and this
- 12:46formed our discussion on applications.
- 12:48We did discuss applications in this
- 12:50class and we said there's so many
- 12:51applications and I gave you an assurance
- 12:53that even if you're lucky enough to live
- 12:55in this world and practice law for 200
- 12:57years by the end of the 200 uh the 200th
- 13:00year you shall have not drafted all the
- 13:02applications there are so many the
- 13:04applications are so so many you cannot
- 13:07draft all of them but we looked at we
- 13:09looked at some of them we looked at
- 13:11attachment before judgment arrest before
- 13:13judgment orders of commission uh we
- 13:16talked about um the in the pleader
- 13:19applications. Uh we talked about um the
- 13:22questions around order 40, the temporary
- 13:24injunctions. We talked about summary
- 13:26judgment, default judgment. We talked
- 13:28about striking of pleadings. We talked
- 13:30about third party proceedings and then
- 13:33we talked about the questions of
- 13:34discovery and inspections. Those were
- 13:37just key applications and we say that
- 13:39all those applications you seek them
- 13:41through a notice of motion and a
- 13:43supporting affiliate and sometimes under
- 13:45certificate of agency. But also we
- 13:47mentioned that you need to understand
- 13:49the content more than the format, the
- 13:52content, why that application is sought,
- 13:54who seeks it, when do they seek it, and
- 13:56where. because that will form a
- 13:59discussion that we're going to have on
- 14:01how to prepare legal opinions, how to
- 14:05prepare advice, how to prepare rulings.
- 14:08That having been said, I want us to move
- 14:10today to order 45. But before that, I'm
- 14:13happy to take just one question. I'm
- 14:16only happy to take one question. If you
- 14:19have more than one question, I will not
- 14:20be happy.
- 14:24So, who goes first?
- 14:29Augustine.
- 14:32>> Yes. And uh thank you. At some point in
- 14:35the course of uh this second session,
- 14:39you had promised to run through this
- 14:41again. Is it something that you
- 14:44contemplate or we running short of time?
- 14:48>> Run through what?
- 14:50what we've
- 14:52covered so far
- 14:56there's so much time I can teach civil
- 14:58three times from where we started
- 15:00actually five times
- 15:02where we can do this five times again
- 15:05from introduction to where we are that
- 15:07that is to tell you there's so much time
- 15:10so I keep saying this every class that
- 15:12you have so much time we we are not even
- 15:14in October yet and October has four
- 15:17weeks
- 15:19you
- 15:20We are not yet in October.
- 15:23>> Yes, thank you Aili. I asked because uh
- 15:25one that we some of us were interacting
- 15:27with this for the first time and so we
- 15:30were trying to familiarize ourselves. So
- 15:33we found some
- 15:35bearing
- 15:37and so I able now to pick it up and run
- 15:39with it towards the finish line.
- 15:41>> What do you mean?
- 15:44>> What do you mean first time?
- 15:47It's a story for another day.
- 15:49>> You are not an honest. You're not an
- 15:51honest person. You in my class in April.
- 15:53You in the KSL class
- 15:56>> and this one. So this is the third time.
- 15:57This is the third time.
- 16:00>> Actually, this is your fourth time
- 16:02because you are coming from LLB. So you
- 16:04might have interacted with civil in your
- 16:06LLB school. So this is the fourth time
- 16:08you're interacting with this. H
- 16:10>> and I want to confirm that I'm grounded
- 16:13only that I have to brush some areas.
- 16:16M we shall be fine. But what I'm saying
- 16:19is that all the units we shall have the
- 16:22opportunity to start again uh after the
- 16:24past papers and that is just to tell you
- 16:26there's so much time and I'm not saying
- 16:28there's so much time so that you can
- 16:29just go keep sleeping do something do
- 16:32something you have a lot of time if
- 16:34you're thinking of deferring exams don't
- 16:36even don't even try.
- 16:39All right. Sa so let us start from let
- 16:43us start from review. But before we go
- 16:45to review I wanted to mention something
- 16:46about execution against the government.
- 16:49I'll just rub it through very quickly
- 16:52because I feel like from the last class
- 16:54we didn't really
- 16:56understand or we did but I need to
- 16:59mention it again so that you understand.
- 17:00Of course, we are going to draft that
- 17:02application for execution against the
- 17:04government when we start on judicial
- 17:07review which is our next discussion
- 17:09after appeals. Judicial review which is
- 17:12a discussion next week after appeals.
- 17:16So what you need to understand that when
- 17:18it comes to the execution against the
- 17:20government the first rule is that there
- 17:22are certain things that don't apply to
- 17:23the government. When you look at order
- 17:2529, if you go to order 29 and I don't
- 17:28know whether I can be able to quickly
- 17:30move up there,
- 17:33order 29 should be
- 17:37should be this.
- 17:39All right, you can see order 29 rule
- 17:42two. Okay, order 29 rule two. Now these
- 17:46orders that are listed under order 29
- 17:50rule two sub rule two.
- 17:53Okay, it means that no order against the
- 17:56government may be made under order 14,
- 18:00order 22 that is execution of decrees,
- 18:02order 23 gui proceedings, order 40
- 18:05injunctions and order 41 appointment of
- 18:08appointment of receivers. On top of this
- 18:09list you are adding order 10 and order
- 18:1136 which of course require leave. Anyway
- 18:14s
- 18:16now you cannot execute a decree under
- 18:18order 22 and order 23 against the
- 18:20government. Then the question then is
- 18:23how then do you execute against the
- 18:25government if the government is the
- 18:27judgment data? Okay. How do you execute
- 18:29against the government? If the
- 18:31government is the judgment the judgment
- 18:33data.
- 18:35Are we together? Then under that you
- 18:37need to read order sorry section 21 of
- 18:41the government proceedings uh
- 18:42proceedings act. Section 21 that we went
- 18:44through in the last class provides that
- 18:46if you are going to execute against
- 18:48government then you do it in a special
- 18:50way. Okay. And these are some of the
- 18:52instances when the government have been
- 18:54given some privilege or some exemptions
- 18:56just to protect their interest.
- 18:59Are we together? Now that being said,
- 19:02how then do you execute against the
- 19:04government? So number one, for you to
- 19:06execute against the government, you
- 19:08first need to know who the government
- 19:09is. And I gave an assignment in the last
- 19:11class to read the court of appeal in
- 19:13Palm Agenda versus the National Land
- 19:16Commission. Did somebody try to read
- 19:17that case?
- 19:23from agenda versus the national land
- 19:26commission.
- 19:28Did somebody try
- 19:31even remotely
- 19:34to look at that case? That was
- 19:35assignment, the only assignment in the
- 19:36last class.
- 19:46Yes, somewhere. What did you read?
- 19:51Yeah, I tried to find the case Tom and
- 19:53then there were so many cases between
- 19:55Tom Netherland Commission but still I
- 19:57located the issue in the the Supreme
- 20:00Court was uh was asked to give an
- 20:02advisory opinion on this matter
- 20:06>> and then I found I found what it said uh
- 20:10the the writing I can read it.
- 20:12>> Yes, read.
- 20:20Yeah, that uh government agencies uh
- 20:23cannot be subject to Ghanai proceedings
- 20:26or their assets cannot be attached.
- 20:31>> I need to read. Read more. Read more.
- 20:33Read more. Read more.
- 20:36>> Okay.
- 20:39Just a second. Just a second.
- 20:43All
- 20:54right. So once you once you figure it
- 20:56out, once you have that uh that uh
- 20:58ready, uh please uh let me know so that
- 21:01I can uh uh I can um give you time to to
- 21:06read it for us.
- 21:09All right. So, so the first point was to
- 21:12of course know who the government is and
- 21:13there's been uh discussions around who
- 21:16is actually government. Of course, the
- 21:18government is the national government
- 21:19and the county government. But then how
- 21:22do you execute against the government?
- 21:24Okay. Now, what is the in terms of
- 21:25procedure? What are you supposed to do?
- 21:26That is what I'm going to clarify very
- 21:28quickly as Samuel is getting that
- 21:30opinion from uh the AEX school. Now, the
- 21:33first one, you have to get a certificate
- 21:35of certificate of satisfaction of order.
- 21:38That is to mean that the moment you've
- 21:40been given an order against the
- 21:41government, the moment a decree has been
- 21:44issued against the government, you have
- 21:45to apply to the registra of the court to
- 21:48get a certificate of satisfaction of
- 21:50that order.
- 21:52It is very simple. Now, why do you need
- 21:55a certificate of satisfaction of order?
- 21:57That is because of section 21 of the
- 21:59government proceedings proceedings act.
- 22:01Section 21 of the government proceedings
- 22:04proceedings act. And in that specific
- 22:06section it say normally we don't believe
- 22:10that you are given an order against the
- 22:12government. So you have to go and get a
- 22:13certificate to show that indeed you are
- 22:16given an order against the government.
- 22:18So the registra will write there and say
- 22:21you are given an order and that order is
- 22:23yet to be satisfied that indeed you sued
- 22:26the government in this case and the
- 22:28court ordered that the government pays
- 22:30you the following things. So that is
- 22:33what the the registry is supposed to say
- 22:35in that certificate and remember in the
- 22:37last class we went through that we went
- 22:40through that certificate.
- 22:43Are we
- 22:45understanding?
- 22:48>> Yes we are.
- 22:50>> All right. So we went through the
- 22:52certificate and we said a certificate of
- 22:55um satisfaction of order is a
- 22:57certificate given by the registister and
- 22:58the registister will simply write that
- 23:01Samuel Oundi on this day su the
- 23:04government through this case number and
- 23:06he won he was awarded the following the
- 23:08following amount of money uh as a result
- 23:11of that so he was awarded maybe a decal
- 23:14amount of 3 million together with
- 23:15interest at 12%. to the register certify
- 23:19that I certify that Samuel Londi was
- 23:23awarded this and this in this case and
- 23:27then secondly if you have been given
- 23:29cost then you have to get a certificate
- 23:31of satisfaction of the cost certificate
- 23:33of satisfaction of cost is a certificate
- 23:35now deals so there are two things
- 23:37there's the decital amount and then
- 23:39there's cost so if you're given the
- 23:41decal amount alone you get certificate
- 23:43of satisfaction of that order number two
- 23:45if you are given cost you get a
- 23:47certificate of satisfaction of the cost.
- 23:49So those are two. Now once you get these
- 23:52certificates from the registra, you
- 23:54shall proceed and serve them upon the
- 23:57accounting officer. The accounting
- 23:59officer is the PS of that ministry.
- 24:02The principal uh officer uh the
- 24:05principal secretary is the accounting
- 24:08officer. The principal secretary is the
- 24:11accounting the accounting officer. The
- 24:13principal secretary is the accounting
- 24:16officer and that therefore means that at
- 24:19any specific point at any point that you
- 24:22want to execute against any ministry you
- 24:25serve the PS but also you may serve the
- 24:29you don't have to serve the AG but the
- 24:31provisions of the rules or the
- 24:32provisions of section 21 of the Ghana
- 24:34proceedings act provides you may serve
- 24:36the attorney general. Now the principal
- 24:41secretary the PS is supposed to
- 24:43facilitate the satisfaction of that of
- 24:45that order. Now if they don't pay you
- 24:47within the uh the stipulated time
- 24:49normally you give the government 30 days
- 24:51then you proceed and institute judicial
- 24:54review proceedings against that specific
- 25:00uh ministry and of course the first
- 25:02respondent to becoming the PS and then
- 25:05you seek for an order of mandamas alone.
- 25:08It is a judicial review application for
- 25:10the orders of mandavas alone. And in
- 25:12that order, you are simply asking you
- 25:15are simply asking the court to compel
- 25:18the PS to satisfy your decree and the
- 25:21cost. The court will issue an order of
- 25:23mandavas compelling the government to
- 25:25pay. After that, if the PS also does not
- 25:29pay after getting an order of mandavas
- 25:32directing them to pay, then you shall
- 25:34proceed and institute the content of
- 25:36court proceedings specifically and
- 25:39individually against the PS.
- 25:42And then of course, if they don't pay
- 25:44you after contempt, there's nothing you
- 25:46can do. Just go home, count your losses.
- 25:49There's nothing you can you can do. But
- 25:52normally, you're supposed to be paid
- 25:53within that time.
- 25:56Okay, normally you're supposed to be
- 25:57paid within that time. Why? Because
- 26:02the government is the government that
- 26:03respects the rule of law. But if they
- 26:06decide not to pay you,
- 26:09because sometimes when dealing with the
- 26:11government, you have to pay the
- 26:13government something to pay you
- 26:14something. The government will have your
- 26:16money, but you have to pay them
- 26:17something to pay you. If you don't pay
- 26:19them, they will not pay you. That is how
- 26:22the government works. So if you don't
- 26:24pay them sometimes
- 26:26uh you might just been in a tug of war
- 26:29with them for years and years and years.
- 26:30You have to pay them something. So if
- 26:32you're claiming 1 million from them,
- 26:34they will tell you now my friend this 1
- 26:36million uh we need offer meeting here.
- 26:38Can you give us 100,000? We buy tea. Uh,
- 26:42and then we have to go see the the CS.
- 26:45For us to go see the CS, we need F will
- 26:47give us another 100,000.
- 26:49And then now this order must be printed.
- 26:52Another 50,000. And then you see now
- 26:56another 500,000. By the time that 1
- 26:59million you get it, it is 200,000.
- 27:02So you have to pay the government
- 27:03something small so that the government
- 27:05can pay your money because anyway,
- 27:08they will not pay you. that they should
- 27:10pay you legally and within the books.
- 27:12They should pay you after that process.
- 27:14Samuel, did you get it?
- 27:21I got it.
- 27:23Please read.
- 27:31I'm reading paragraph 6 of the opinion
- 27:34me civil case number 445 of 2014.
- 27:38Fivestar agencies limited versus
- 27:40national land commission and another.
- 27:42The court found that the national land
- 27:43commission is a government agency and
- 27:46subject to the government proceedings
- 27:47act and therefore ganishi proceedings
- 27:50could not issue. An appeal on the matter
- 27:52is pending before the court of appeal.
- 27:54And then another paragraph that is on
- 27:56the same issue is paragraph 12 that says
- 28:00the applicant also cited the court of
- 28:01appeal decision in fivestar agencies
- 28:03limited versus national land commission
- 28:05and national bank of Kenya. In the set
- 28:08judgment delivered on 12th April 2024,
- 28:11the court held that the National Land
- 28:13Commission is a state organ and for all
- 28:15purposes part of government and
- 28:17therefore pass on to order 23 rule one
- 28:20as read with order 29 rule 2C of the
- 28:23civil procedure rules. It is insulated
- 28:25from the execution proceedings. And then
- 28:28the last paragraph of the opinion was
- 28:31paragraph 41.
- 28:34And uh
- 28:36paragraph 41 says that uh in the
- 28:39fivestar agency's case and specifically
- 28:42that government under the government
- 28:43proceeding act 40 laws of Kenya includes
- 28:47constitutional commissions such as the
- 28:49applicant in which case here is the the
- 28:52national land commission. It is
- 28:54therefore insulated from execution
- 28:56proceedings, attachment of assets and
- 28:58organic of its accounts in satisfaction
- 29:01of a decree under section 21 and 25 of
- 29:04the government proceedings act.
- 29:09All right.
- 29:12All right. Thank you very much for doing
- 29:15the guys. You need to do the assignment
- 29:16anyway. So for that assignment, Samuel,
- 29:19how many classes do you need?
- 29:25for doing the assignment very well.
- 29:31>> I need I would appreciate two.
- 29:36>> All right. So, I don't know why you're
- 29:38asking for two. You know, you're being
- 29:40you're trying to be decent, but anyway,
- 29:43you get what you ask for. So, you got
- 29:45two free classes. Uh you let me know
- 29:48which one and which one according to
- 29:50your discretion. Anyway guys, that is
- 29:52the execution against the government. I
- 29:54want us to move down to uh order 45
- 29:58uh so that we can look at order 45. So
- 30:01order 45 normally comes in two ways and
- 30:04I'm going to explain both. The first one
- 30:08is the actual opinion, the actual
- 30:11submission or the actual ruling. So
- 30:15opinion, rulings or submissions. Okay,
- 30:18that is under order 45. So order 45
- 30:21talks about review which is our fourth
- 30:24remedy against judgment. If you don't
- 30:25like a judgment, you can have it
- 30:27reviewed. You can go to court and ask
- 30:28the court to review and set aside its
- 30:31judgment dated that and then to replace
- 30:34that with this.
- 30:37Are we together? Now review. So the
- 30:40first thing you want to understand is
- 30:42what is review? Number one. Number two
- 30:45is when and why do you review? Number
- 30:49three is where do you reveal? And then
- 30:52lastly, how do you reveal? Very
- 30:56important. Very very important. So those
- 30:59questions,
- 31:01what, when, why, where, and how. Those
- 31:06are key fundamental questions that you
- 31:08need to ask whenever it comes to review.
- 31:11When you are preparing a ruling, the
- 31:13same questions. When you're preparing
- 31:14submissions, the same question. when you
- 31:16are preparing
- 31:18um
- 31:20a ruling same question submissions same
- 31:22questions an advice same question are we
- 31:25together now let's get into the question
- 31:27of what review is now generally review
- 31:30is an instance where you're going back
- 31:32to the same court that delivered the
- 31:34judgment or delivered a ruling or a
- 31:36decree or an order and asking them to
- 31:39review their decisions
- 31:42okay now there's something in civil that
- 31:46we're calling the question of fun's
- 31:48official the court becoming funer's
- 31:51official which is a common law
- 31:53principle. Now that principle decides or
- 31:55says that at any point the court has
- 31:58made a decision at any point the court
- 32:00has made a decision.
- 32:03Okay then that court becomes official
- 32:07the court has already washed its hands.
- 32:11Now, order 45, the remedy of review is
- 32:16coming after a time when the court has
- 32:19already washed its what? Its hands. And
- 32:22therefore, section 1 A, 1 B and 3A
- 32:28of the Civil Procedure Act will not
- 32:31apply to the proceedings under order 45.
- 32:34There is no inherent jurisdiction of the
- 32:36court to review its decision. There is
- 32:39no inherent jurisdiction to review a
- 32:42decision of the court. Why? The court
- 32:44has already made a decision. And that is
- 32:46why whenever you make an application
- 32:48under 45 order 45 that is an application
- 32:52for review, you shall not quote section
- 32:551 A 1 B and 3A of the civil procedure
- 32:58act. You can get away with it but
- 33:00sometimes you might not get away get
- 33:02away with it.
- 33:05Are we together?
- 33:07Are we on the same page? So you have
- 33:09understood what review is. You have
- 33:13understood what review is. That is what
- 33:16we call review.
- 33:20That is what we call review. You go back
- 33:22to the same court and you ask that court
- 33:25to make a a determination reviewing its
- 33:28earlier judgment, ruling order or
- 33:30decree. Okay. The next question is when?
- 33:34When can you do that? When can you do
- 33:36that? And that is where we start reading
- 33:38from order 45 rule one. Somebody read
- 33:41for us.
- 33:46>> Any person considering
- 33:49sorry
- 33:53proceed.
- 33:56Zora.
- 33:58>> Oh okay. Uh application for review of
- 34:02decree or order. Order 45 rule one. Any
- 34:06person considering himself agreved, A by
- 34:10a decree or order from which an appeal
- 34:13is allowed but from which no appeal has
- 34:16been preferred or B by a decree or order
- 34:21from which no appeal is hereby allowed
- 34:24and from the
- 34:26>> okay
- 34:28>> let's talk so that we can explain now
- 34:30that gives you the instance okay the
- 34:34instance the instance the instance and
- 34:36the instance or when really you can uh
- 34:40you can apply for review. Now there are
- 34:42two categories of orders that you can
- 34:45review and when listen very well listen
- 34:48very well. Now a decree or an order from
- 34:52which an appeal is allowed but from
- 34:54which no appeal has been preferred. What
- 34:57is the meaning of that? That means that
- 34:59we have an order that is appealable. Now
- 35:01we shall go and talk about order 43. And
- 35:04I'm going back to order 43 right now.
- 35:07Right there. Can you see order 43? Now
- 35:10under order 43, we have orders that you
- 35:13can appeal as of right.
- 35:16Okay. So order 43 rule one provides an
- 35:19appeal shall lie as of right from the
- 35:21following orders and rules under the
- 35:23provisions of section 71H of the civil
- 35:26procedure act. Now which orders? Order
- 35:28one, order two, order three, order four,
- 35:30order seven, order eight, 10, 12, 15,
- 35:3219, 22, 23, 24, 5, 6, all the way to
- 35:36order order 53.
- 35:39Okay? It means the orders that are here,
- 35:42you can you can appeal them as of right.
- 35:46It means if a decision has been made
- 35:47under any of these orders, you can
- 35:49appeal them as as of right. That is also
- 35:52to say that if there's any order that
- 35:54has been made
- 35:57under any sorry if there's a decree or
- 36:00an order or a judgment that have been
- 36:01delivered under any of the orders that
- 36:03are not listed under order 43 rule one
- 36:05you cannot appeal them as of right that
- 36:07is to mean you can only seek leave
- 36:10before you appeal them. You can only
- 36:12seek leave before before you appeal
- 36:14them. Okay. For instance, you can see
- 36:16order 14 which is prop of documents. If
- 36:19you've been denied the production of
- 36:21some documents, you must seek leave from
- 36:23court before you appeal that. Okay? You
- 36:26can only seek leave from court for you
- 36:28to appeal to appeal that. That is what
- 36:30I'm saying. I'm saying that there are
- 36:32certain orders that you cannot appeal as
- 36:34of right. You don't have an automatic
- 36:35right of appealing those orders, but you
- 36:38will seek leave.
- 36:43Somebody there is asking
- 36:45uh in your uh somebody I know somebody's
- 36:47asking there saying how then will I know
- 36:50if this order is appealable as of right
- 36:52or not. No no that is not your work to
- 36:54know it is examiner's work to to tell
- 36:56you. Okay. So all orders remember all
- 36:59orders you can see all of them are
- 37:01there. All of them are listed there. All
- 37:03orders are appealable as of right except
- 37:06or unless otherwise provided. So unless
- 37:09otherwise the examiner has told you that
- 37:10this order is not appealable as all
- 37:12right, you shall assume that it is. It
- 37:14is covered under order order 20 for
- 37:16order 43. So you don't need to worry or
- 37:19cram order 43. Don't even cram it. In
- 37:22fact, let me move away from it.
- 37:25I know some of you already cramming it.
- 37:33All right, let's go back to our order
- 37:36that is under order 45.
- 37:39So, we have two orders. Okay,
- 37:44somebody's asking, do parties change
- 37:46when applying for review? No, parties
- 37:48will not change. You still have the
- 37:49applicant, the respondent. The applicant
- 37:52and the respondent. Parties will not
- 37:54change. They still applicant respondent.
- 37:57Now somebody's saying is it that
- 37:59hopeless?
- 38:01I don't know what you mean by
- 38:03hopelessness but uh we want to give more
- 38:07context. Anyway so we saying and out of
- 38:0945 there are two orders an order order A
- 38:12is one you can appeal as of right now
- 38:14for you to review it you can only review
- 38:16it before you appeal it and then you
- 38:19have the second one is an order you
- 38:22can't appeal.
- 38:24Okay, this is an order where appeal is
- 38:27not allowed. It means if appeal is not
- 38:30allowed then automatically you'll be
- 38:31allowed to review it because there's no
- 38:33appeal. So these specific provisions of
- 38:36order 451 creates a comparison between
- 38:40appeal and review and it says when do
- 38:43you appeal and review or when do you
- 38:45review. So we have said that if it is an
- 38:47order that you can appeal you can only
- 38:49review before you appeal. It means the
- 38:51moment you appeal you lose the right to
- 38:53review.
- 38:54Are we together? The moment you appeal,
- 38:57you lose the right to review. That is
- 38:59number one. Number two, if it is an
- 39:01order that is not appealable, then you
- 39:03can always apply for review. Review is
- 39:06allowed. If it is an order or a decree
- 39:08that is not appealable.
- 39:12Some orders are not appealable. You
- 39:13cannot appeal them. So that therefore
- 39:15means you can make an application. You
- 39:17can make an application to appeal sorry
- 39:20to review that order that is not
- 39:22appealable. However, if it is an order
- 39:24that is appealable, you have to okay,
- 39:28you have to uh you have to uh review
- 39:33before you appeal because if you appeal,
- 39:34there's no review. Are we together? I
- 39:38think it's just like um uh just like um
- 39:42in KSL,
- 39:44some of you were part of the SGC.
- 39:48Okay, you're in the SGC.
- 39:51So there's the mandate given to the SDC
- 39:54and then there's the mandate given to
- 39:56the director of uh the Kenya School of
- 39:58Law. So assuming that an incident has
- 40:00happened, an incident has happened.
- 40:04Okay. So review is being done by the SGC
- 40:09and then appeal is being done by uh the
- 40:12director of Kenya School of what? Kenya
- 40:15School of Law. That therefore means that
- 40:17if you go to the SGC,
- 40:21you can still go to the director.
- 40:23However, remember that if you go to the
- 40:26director, you can't go back to the SGC.
- 40:30So director, when you appeal it to the
- 40:32director, it means you cannot have the
- 40:34you cannot have the SDC reviewing it
- 40:36because you've already taken it out of
- 40:38their jurisdiction.
- 40:40Review is only visited when that matter
- 40:43is still within the jurisdiction. The
- 40:45moment you take it out of their
- 40:46jurisdiction by appealing it, then you
- 40:50lose the right to go back to them for
- 40:52them to for them to review it because
- 40:54where will they get the file? The file
- 40:56has already been taken to the the
- 40:57athlete court. So if you appeal, you
- 41:00lose the right to review and you can't
- 41:02do both at the same time. You can only
- 41:04review or appeal one at a time. If you
- 41:07review you can appeal later
- 41:10but not appealing
- 41:14the main judgment or the main order. I
- 41:16will explain that. I will explain that
- 41:17under order 456.
- 41:20Now let's go back to our provision. So
- 41:22we have said there are two orders here.
- 41:24The moment you appeal you can't review.
- 41:27The moment you go and appeal it, you
- 41:28can't come back again down here and
- 41:30review it. So you can only review before
- 41:32you appeal or if it is an order that is
- 41:35not appealable. That is the question of
- 41:37what it is and partly the question of of
- 41:39when. Now let's go to the question of
- 41:41when and how. Sorry when and why. Why?
- 41:45So proceed and give us the reason. There
- 41:46are three reasons. There are three
- 41:47reasons. Uh that is one 45 rule one
- 41:52proceeding from
- 41:54somebody.
- 42:02>> Oh okay. uh by okay let me continue from
- 42:06part B by a decree or order from which
- 42:09no appeal is hereby allowed and who from
- 42:12the discovery of new and important
- 42:15matter or evidence which after the
- 42:18exercise of due diligence was not within
- 42:20his knowledge or could not be produced
- 42:23by him at the time when the decree was
- 42:25passed or the order made or on account
- 42:29of some mistake or error apparent on the
- 42:31face of the record or for any other
- 42:36sufficient reason desires to obtain a
- 42:40review of the decree or order may apply
- 42:43for a review of judgment to the court
- 42:45which passed the decree or made the
- 42:47order without unreasonable delay.
- 42:51>> A party who is not a
- 42:56>> that point.
- 42:57>> Now let's let's get it. Okay. Uh so why
- 43:02the first one is where there's new and
- 43:05compelling new and compelling evidence.
- 43:08There is a new and compelling evidence.
- 43:10There is new and compelling evidence
- 43:13that you just uncovered after the order
- 43:16was made. So there's a new evidence.
- 43:21There's a new and compelling there's a
- 43:23new and comp there's a discovery of new
- 43:25and compelling evidence. Now there there
- 43:28are two tests to that. The first one it
- 43:32must be new. Number two it must be
- 43:34compelling. Okay. Now for it to be new
- 43:38it must be evidence that was not
- 43:39available when the judgment was being
- 43:41was being done or was being delivered or
- 43:44the order was being delivered or the
- 43:46decree was being delivered.
- 43:48Are we together? So it is an order
- 43:52that was made but at the time it was
- 43:54being made this judgment sorry at the
- 43:57time the uh the order was being made the
- 44:00new evidence was not there. It is
- 44:02something that you've discovered after
- 44:04the order was made and therefore it
- 44:06becomes new. Okay. Number two aside from
- 44:10being new it must be compelling. It must
- 44:12be important. It must be evidence that
- 44:15is capable of changing the judgment or
- 44:18the decree or the order.
- 44:21It means if it is an order that is just
- 44:24is not adding anything or removing
- 44:25anything you cannot reveal. It must be
- 44:28one that is changing. Okay? It is
- 44:31changing the decision. It is changing
- 44:34the structure of the order.
- 44:37Okay? So it must be compelling new
- 44:40evidence. It is new. Why is it new? It
- 44:43is new to the extent that it was not
- 44:45available when that judgment was being
- 44:49passed. And it is compelling because it
- 44:51is important. It is bringing something
- 44:54new and is capable of changing the
- 44:58outcome of that specific case. That is
- 45:00the first reason why you would file for
- 45:03an application for review of a decision
- 45:06or an order. Number two, there's an
- 45:08error apparent on the face of the
- 45:10record. What is that supposed to mean?
- 45:12When we talk about the error apparent on
- 45:14the face of the record, we are talking
- 45:16about two things. The first one, this
- 45:19mistake or error should be apparent on
- 45:21the face. What is the meaning of it
- 45:23being apparent on the face? It means
- 45:26when you look at that document, you
- 45:28immediately see a problem.
- 45:31You immediately see a problem. And what
- 45:34problem is that? What problem is that?
- 45:37You can see it.
- 45:40It is either clerical or arithmetic. So
- 45:43it is not something that will want you
- 45:44to read and read and read and try to
- 45:46interpret. No, it is something that is
- 45:49apparent. You can see it with your naked
- 45:51eyes.
- 45:53Okay? When you open the document, you
- 45:55can see your name has been misspelled.
- 45:57You can see that the mathematic or the
- 45:59arithmetic calculations have not been
- 46:01done properly. You can see some words
- 46:03are omitted. You can see some letters
- 46:06are omitted. some numbers are omitted or
- 46:10are erroneously added. So it is a
- 46:12problem or a mistake that is apparent on
- 46:15the face of the face of the record.
- 46:19Guys, are we together?
- 46:24>> Yes, we are.
- 46:28>> All right, that is the second reason. So
- 46:29it could be an arithmetic error which is
- 46:32mathematics. uh 10,000 instead of
- 46:35100,000 or 1,000 instead of 1 million.
- 46:37So all those errors and then it could
- 46:39also be it could also be clarical.
- 46:41Clarical simply means the typing a
- 46:43typing error. Instead of writing Jen
- 46:45they wrote James. Those are clerical
- 46:48mistakes.
- 46:51Are you together?
- 47:00We are
- 47:03>> all right. Thirdly is any reason any
- 47:07other reason that the court may deem may
- 47:10desire. So sometimes the court may think
- 47:13it fit for any other reason any
- 47:15sufficient reason. So those are the
- 47:17three grounds upon which you can file an
- 47:21application for an application for
- 47:23review.
- 47:33All right. Any question?
- 47:53All right, let's take a question from
- 47:55Peter.
- 48:00Thanks, Jack. Uh, Jon, I'm I'm just
- 48:03wondering the there was um
- 48:07the APSA uh case there was a ruling in
- 48:112024
- 48:13by Dr. Nixon Suna that declared um 13A
- 48:21and 21
- 48:23along with um order 10 uh rule 8
- 48:27unconstitutional. Now I'm just wondering
- 48:29how how those
- 48:32uh affect
- 48:34the teaching of proceedings against the
- 48:37government uh and this is uh all state
- 48:40corporations.
- 48:42>> Okay. seeing that. Huh?
- 48:46>> That judge didn't even get to his house.
- 48:49Do you know that
- 48:52the judge didn't get to his house before
- 48:54the court of appeal overturned that
- 48:56decision?
- 48:58I said it in the last class. Uh that
- 49:00made the uh declarations of
- 49:02unconstitutionality
- 49:04regarding the provisions of this uh uh
- 49:06this government proceedings act. The
- 49:08same was sent to the court of appeal
- 49:10immediately and the court of appeal
- 49:12declared them declared that judgment
- 49:14null and void.
- 49:17Maybe he didn't even leave the office uh
- 49:20is offices in Milani. So yes, there was
- 49:25a declaration like that last year.
- 49:28>> They were nullified by the court of
- 49:29appeal.
- 49:32>> Okay. Thank you. How do we the case um
- 49:36just on along the same line the donut
- 49:40kipil case um because it was instituted
- 49:45against the same on this advice
- 49:48um not very sure I haven't followed I
- 49:51don't know whether it went through but
- 49:53later there's a time that uh the county
- 49:56government paid durand kipol kip kil now
- 50:02and it was based on this same thing. H
- 50:04how how do you
- 50:07how do we whatever against that? Wasn't
- 50:11that part of the same thing?
- 50:13>> Um I'm I'm I'm not following. What is
- 50:15the question?
- 50:17That judgment was declared anal and
- 50:19void. So it's as if it was never made.
- 50:23Uhhuh.
- 50:23>> Okay.
- 50:24>> Now your question is Donald Kipor's.
- 50:26Uhhuh.
- 50:30keep
- 50:31he was uh he sued the county government
- 50:33of Nairobi. There was a 1.69 billion
- 50:37debt and
- 50:40the he was awarded and he went ahead to
- 50:44attach the property of the county
- 50:46government.
- 50:49Now later on I think through some
- 50:51negotiation he was paid the money. Now
- 50:55>> he was never paid the money. He's not
- 50:57being paid until date.
- 51:02>> Uh well advised and
- 51:05>> yes he's still following up with the
- 51:06government. And why why is he following
- 51:09up with the government? The same thing
- 51:10that I've told you. He has refused to
- 51:12pay the government to pay him. And the
- 51:14government has said okay let us play the
- 51:16game. So because he's not paying the
- 51:19government to pay him. the government
- 51:20has refused to pay because the
- 51:21government if you want the government to
- 51:23pay you
- 51:28so yes they're still playing the cut and
- 51:31so he's not being paid yet
- 51:34so so back to order 45 so we've seen the
- 51:37grounds uh upon which you can bring an
- 51:39application for review and that is there
- 51:42must be a new and compelling evidence or
- 51:44an error apparent on the face on the
- 51:46face of the record. Let's answer the
- 51:48question of where and it is very simple.
- 51:51You apply for that. Okay. To the same
- 51:54court which passed the decree or made
- 51:58that judgment without uh without
- 52:00unreasonable delay. That is the question
- 52:01where where do you make that application
- 52:04to the same court? It is not the higher
- 52:06court. It is not the lower court. It is
- 52:10the same same court. Okay. Now in
- 52:14criminal it will be different. In
- 52:16criminal there's something called
- 52:17revision which will be calling review.
- 52:21So in criminal review and revision is
- 52:24the same thing. Review and revision is
- 52:26the same thing. So if you're told this
- 52:29the accused person is back an
- 52:30application for review. It is not this
- 52:32review. It is revision. I will explain
- 52:35that uh on Tuesday when we start
- 52:38discussions on uh questions of review.
- 52:40Anyway so that is clear. That is very
- 52:42clear. Now let us go and look at the
- 52:45other question of how do you apply? How
- 52:48do you make an application for this
- 52:50review? You file a notice of motion
- 52:52application and a supporting affidavit
- 52:55and you pray for review. It is a notice
- 52:58of motion application and a supporting a
- 53:01supporting affidavit. And we said that
- 53:03at any time when you're making this
- 53:05application after judgment has been
- 53:08delivered against your client, what are
- 53:10you supposed to pray for? Somebody
- 53:15What are you supposed to pray for?
- 53:21Uhhuh. Let's talk to Comey.
- 53:25>> You pray for a state of execution.
- 53:28>> State of execution. If execution is
- 53:30imminent, we shall uh we shall get a
- 53:34state of execution.
- 53:45All right,
- 53:47that is very clear.
- 53:50That is very clear. Now, aside from
- 53:54that, so what are the prayers? The
- 53:56prayers are the prayers are the court be
- 53:58placed to to review and set aside review
- 54:02and set aside its decision or its order
- 54:06dated this. And then your second prayer
- 54:09would be how do you want them to review?
- 54:11For instance, if you want them to
- 54:14replace an order of payment of a million
- 54:16with 100,000, you say that that they
- 54:18could be pleased to replace
- 54:22the order of payment or the sum of Kenya
- 54:25shillings with Kenya shillings 1 million
- 54:28with Kenya shillings 100,000. That is if
- 54:30there was a mistake if there was a
- 54:32mistake on if there was a mistake on
- 54:36the face of the record as to the
- 54:39arithmetic value of the degree. So if it
- 54:41is 1 million instead of 100,000 then you
- 54:44want that 100,000 be replaced with 1
- 54:47million shillings. You pray for cost and
- 54:49that is that it's very simple that the
- 54:51court be actually you can just pray for
- 54:53an order uh that the court the first
- 54:56application the first prayer is that if
- 54:58there's a judgment or a decree that has
- 55:00already been extracted you can pray for
- 55:02a statement sorry a state of execution.
- 55:04Then your second prayer becomes that the
- 55:06court be pleased to review and set aside
- 55:09its judgment dated that.
- 55:13Okay. And then you come to the grounds.
- 55:16What are your grounds? It can only be
- 55:19there's a new and compelling evidence.
- 55:20You tell us which one is that or there's
- 55:22an error on the face of the record. You
- 55:24tell us that. Are we together? So that
- 55:27is how that is how you that is how you
- 55:32do that. Okay. And of course when look
- 55:36at order three it says when the court
- 55:39may grant or reject the application. So
- 55:41if the court believes that there are no
- 55:42sufficient grounds the court shall
- 55:44dismiss the application. Okay. When the
- 55:47court believes that there are sufficient
- 55:49grounds the court shall grant the
- 55:51application. Okay. provided that no such
- 55:54application shall be granted on the
- 55:55ground of discovery of new matter or
- 55:57evidence which the applicant alleges was
- 55:59not within his knowledge or could not be
- 56:01adused by him when the decree or order
- 56:04was passed or made without strict proof
- 56:07of such allegation. That is the same
- 56:09thing we say that if you're saying that
- 56:10this information I didn't know about it,
- 56:12you have to bring evidence that you
- 56:14didn't know about it.
- 56:16So that is the thing. If you are
- 56:18claiming that there's new evidence, how
- 56:20did you know about it and when did you
- 56:23know about it? So that must also be very
- 56:26clear.
- 56:27Okay. So application where more than one
- 56:30judge uh hears the application where the
- 56:33application for review is by more than
- 56:35one judge and the court is equally
- 56:38divided the application shall be
- 56:39dismissed. The status quo remains. So it
- 56:42means if you make an application for
- 56:44review before two judges and those two
- 56:47judges don't agree, one person says yes,
- 56:49another person says no, your application
- 56:51shall be shall be dismissed because the
- 56:53status quo shall shall remain. Okay,
- 56:56there shall be no review. And then of
- 56:59course uh we have five. When an
- 57:02application for review is granted, a
- 57:04note therefore shall be made in the
- 57:05register and the court may at once
- 57:07rehear the case or make such an order in
- 57:10regards to the hearing of the case uh as
- 57:14it thinks fit. So this is simply saying
- 57:17that should there be need should there
- 57:19be need okay should there be any need to
- 57:23do what? Should there be any need to
- 57:26rehear their matter, the matter could be
- 57:28heard again, by the way, the court can
- 57:31set aside the order and then call for
- 57:33another hearing based on the new
- 57:35evidence that you have. We can set
- 57:36another hearing. So the court may order
- 57:39that as it thinks as it thinks fit.
- 57:44All right.
- 57:46Most importantly and the last bit of it
- 57:48is uh order 45 rule uh rule six. Order
- 57:52456 provides for no application for
- 57:55review to review an order made on an
- 57:59application for a review of a decree or
- 58:02an order passed or made on a review
- 58:04shall be entertained.
- 58:06That is in simple terms you cannot
- 58:08review a review but you can appeal a
- 58:10review.
- 58:12So let us uh make some let's write
- 58:17something down so that people understand
- 58:18order six rule six sorry. So James James
- 58:23here,
- 58:25okay, James here made sued. So James is
- 58:29the plaintiff. James sued uh Peter.
- 58:33So Peter here is the defendant and James
- 58:36is the plaintiff. So Peter sued for
- 58:40Peter sued for uh 1 million.
- 58:44Okay. Peter suit for 1 million and then
- 58:48that suit was brought in January 2025.
- 58:52Okay. In March, okay, in March 2025, the
- 58:58court delivered a judgment dismissing.
- 59:03Okay. Dismissing
- 59:06what? Dismissing James's claim against
- 59:09Peter.
- 59:11Are we together until there? March 2025.
- 59:14Are we there?
- 59:19All right. Now, after that case has been
- 59:23dismissed,
- 59:24Peter, sorry, James will have two
- 59:26options. The first option is to appeal
- 59:30the judgment dated March 2025. So,
- 59:33there's a judgment dated March 2025
- 59:36dismissing,
- 59:38okay, the case against Peter.
- 59:42Are we together? That is number one.
- 59:44Number two,
- 59:46Peter can decide, sorry, James can
- 59:48decide to review
- 59:50the judgment dated March 2025.
- 59:56Peter can review the judgment, sorry,
- 59:59James can review the judgment dated
- 1:00:01June, sorry, March 2025.
- 1:00:05So assuming that Peter, sorry, James, I
- 1:00:07don't know why I keep mentioning James.
- 1:00:09Peter. So James is the plaintiff. the
- 1:00:11plaintiff has decided that they're going
- 1:00:13to appeal. So if they appeal it then
- 1:00:16they will not review. Are we together?
- 1:00:19So let's assume that they have gone for
- 1:00:21review. Now because they have decided to
- 1:00:24review so James has made an application
- 1:00:27under 45 for review.
- 1:00:31Review of what? Review of the judgment
- 1:00:35dated 2025. Okay. That review was filed
- 1:00:38in uh in April.
- 1:00:40So he has filed review in April.
- 1:00:44And then in June 2025,
- 1:00:48June 2025, guys, I hope you're with me.
- 1:00:51June 2025, the court again dismisses his
- 1:00:56application.
- 1:00:57So the court delivers a ruling in June
- 1:01:002025, dismissing his application for
- 1:01:03review.
- 1:01:05Okay. Now at that moment remember we
- 1:01:08have two we have two orders. The first
- 1:01:11order is March 2025 which dismissed his
- 1:01:15plaint. The second order is a ruling a
- 1:01:19review ruling dated June 2025 where he
- 1:01:22had applied for review but the court has
- 1:01:25dismissed his review application in June
- 1:01:282025.
- 1:01:30Okay. Now at that time right now we are
- 1:01:35in August
- 1:01:37September sorry. So in September 2025
- 1:01:44remember there are two things that James
- 1:01:46cannot do. Number one James cannot
- 1:01:49review this dismissal. Remember his
- 1:01:53application for review has been
- 1:01:55dismissed. Now when your application for
- 1:01:58review has been dismissed, you cannot
- 1:02:00find another application for review of
- 1:02:02that dismissal. That review ends there.
- 1:02:05You can only review once, you can't
- 1:02:07review twice. Are we together?
- 1:02:14So it means in September now James
- 1:02:17cannot start saying I'm I'm reviewing
- 1:02:20again that I have another new evidence
- 1:02:22that I'm going to give to the court. No,
- 1:02:24you cannot review again. You cannot
- 1:02:27review. Review again.
- 1:02:30So you can only review once. Number two,
- 1:02:33the only option that is available to
- 1:02:35James now in September is that James can
- 1:02:38appeal.
- 1:02:40James can appeal, but James cannot
- 1:02:43appeal the judgment dated March 2025. He
- 1:02:47can only appeal against the dismissal of
- 1:02:50his review application.
- 1:02:53You can only appeal against the
- 1:02:55dismissal of your review application. It
- 1:02:58means the only thing you can appeal
- 1:02:59against is this June order.
- 1:03:05Are we together guys? Are we together?
- 1:03:07Can you understand what I'm saying? I
- 1:03:11don't know whether I'm too fast or I'm
- 1:03:12too loud. I don't know which one is
- 1:03:14which.
- 1:03:21Okay.
- 1:03:22So that is to say guys the moment you
- 1:03:25apply for review
- 1:03:27let's have to appeal the moment you
- 1:03:28appeal you lose the right to review the
- 1:03:31moment you review you lose the right to
- 1:03:33appeal
- 1:03:36that is to mean you cannot have two
- 1:03:38bites at the same cherry are we together
- 1:03:42you cannot appeal the same order and you
- 1:03:44can lose review sorry if you lose appeal
- 1:03:47you review the same way you cannot
- 1:03:49review it and then if you lose it you go
- 1:03:51and appeal. No. So if you have the order
- 1:03:54dated on March 2025, you have two
- 1:03:57options. You either appeal it or you
- 1:03:59review it. If you appeal it, you can't
- 1:04:02review it. If you review it, you can't
- 1:04:04appeal it. However, if you review it and
- 1:04:08you lose the review, you can only appeal
- 1:04:11against the review ruling, not the main
- 1:04:13judgment that you you are reviewing. I
- 1:04:16don't know whether they're understanding
- 1:04:17each other.
- 1:04:23Guys, are we together? Any question?
- 1:04:26>> Yes, we are.
- 1:04:28>> Any question?
- 1:04:36No question. So, so I want us to start
- 1:04:39from actually let us start from June.
- 1:04:42This is April 2025 to 2022.
- 1:04:47Question three.
- 1:04:49But I want us to start from question
- 1:04:51five of um June 2021.
- 1:04:56Question six, sorry. Somebody read for
- 1:04:58us question six. Uh and then we can go.
- 1:05:01There's a question I'm looking for.
- 1:05:03There's a question I'm looking for that
- 1:05:05explains exactly what I've said. It is a
- 1:05:08question in either the 2022 papers or is
- 1:05:11a question in November 2021. So 2021 or
- 1:05:14222 October
- 1:05:16or 2023 April.
- 1:05:22So that question provides that somebody
- 1:05:26filed a review. It is in October. If you
- 1:05:29have the October question, I'm very sure
- 1:05:31it is 2022 October. If you have it,
- 1:05:33please uh share it with me. 2022
- 1:05:36October.
- 1:05:38Share with me that question. I need to
- 1:05:40project it so that we can uh we can go
- 1:05:42through it. All right. Somebody question
- 1:05:44six.
- 1:05:47>> A judgment has been rendered in favor of
- 1:05:49Pamela who has been involved in an
- 1:05:52accident. General damages for pain and
- 1:05:55suffering were 100,000 shillings and
- 1:05:59special damages were assessed at 3,000
- 1:06:02shillings. Pamela has just discovered
- 1:06:04that Patrick, her office assistant, has
- 1:06:07been holding treatment receipts in the
- 1:06:09amount of 40,000 shillings. Such amount
- 1:06:13was not awarded in the judgment. Patrick
- 1:06:16did not know that the treatment receipts
- 1:06:18were required. Pamela is convinced that
- 1:06:21justice will not be deserved will not be
- 1:06:24served if she is not paid the full
- 1:06:26amount spent on treatment. Using
- 1:06:28applicable law, advise Pamela on the
- 1:06:31avenue she can take to recover the
- 1:06:34amount while providing grounds upon
- 1:06:36which Pamela can rely on to prosecute
- 1:06:39the application.
- 1:06:41All right,
- 1:06:43>> I have something to
- 1:06:45>> Yes, you have something you want to tell
- 1:06:48us something.
- 1:06:52Please, let's mute our microphones.
- 1:06:56All right, S. So, I need to see your
- 1:06:59hands is a free 10 marks.
- 1:07:03These are free 10 mark question.
- 1:07:06So tell them first what avenue are they
- 1:07:09supposed to do to take okay
- 1:07:13where do they take it uh how do they do
- 1:07:16it and then the grounds they need to
- 1:07:19rely on and what they need to show in
- 1:07:22that ground. Yes guys I'm not seeing
- 1:07:26your hands up. I'm worried about you not
- 1:07:29being able to put up your hand.
- 1:07:40Oh,
- 1:07:42let's start with career shape something.
- 1:07:46You've lowered your hand. Please bring
- 1:07:48it up again.
- 1:08:03Corer, you've disappeared again.
- 1:08:07Oh, careers. Uh that is Kore.
- 1:08:25I'm having a hard time raising it again.
- 1:08:29>> Just put your hand is up. Your hand is
- 1:08:31already up. Just proceed. Oh,
- 1:08:33>> okay. Um I would say review.
- 1:08:40>> What what about review?
- 1:08:43>> Okay. I'd advise them to make an
- 1:08:46application for review of the judgment
- 1:08:50on the grounds that they have discovered
- 1:08:53new evidence which was not in their
- 1:08:57knowledge.
- 1:09:00Yeah. And if the review is not granted,
- 1:09:03they would suffer injustice.
- 1:09:07>> Okay. So you need to tell you need to
- 1:09:10tell us uh number one
- 1:09:13uh what they need to do that is make an
- 1:09:15application for review. The next thing
- 1:09:18you need to have is where. Okay. The
- 1:09:22next thing is how and the next thing is
- 1:09:25the grounds.
- 1:09:29Are we together? So CH, do you want to
- 1:09:32try again? I'm not saying whatever
- 1:09:33you're saying is not right. It is right,
- 1:09:34but you need to structure it in that way
- 1:09:37so that it guarantees you uh more marks.
- 1:09:40So
- 1:09:42what are they supposed to do? What?
- 1:09:46Okay,
- 1:09:48how are they supposed to do it?
- 1:09:50Okay, that is number two. Where are they
- 1:09:55supposed to do it?
- 1:09:57Number three, what grounds are they
- 1:09:59supposed to rely on?
- 1:10:04Kazi Kazi.
- 1:10:08>> Okay. They they supposed to make an
- 1:10:10application for review to the same court
- 1:10:13that rendered the judgment.
- 1:10:16>> Mhm.
- 1:10:17>> Yeah.
- 1:10:20You said what is the next thing that we
- 1:10:22should
- 1:10:23>> how?
- 1:10:25>> Okay. via notice of motion under
- 1:10:29uh rule order 45 and section 80 of the
- 1:10:33civil procedure act.
- 1:10:36>> Mhm.
- 1:10:38>> Yes. And the grounds will rely on is
- 1:10:40they have discovered new evidence which
- 1:10:45after like after they had done their due
- 1:10:47diligence it was not in their knowledge
- 1:10:50and
- 1:10:52the court should consider it like if if
- 1:10:55it is not considered if the review is
- 1:10:56not considered they stand to suffer
- 1:11:00injustice.
- 1:11:03>> All right.
- 1:11:05So essentially uh what you've said is
- 1:11:07very accurate and very right. So they
- 1:11:09just need to make an application for
- 1:11:11review under order 55 of the civil
- 1:11:14procedure rules and that application is
- 1:11:16made to the same court that passed the
- 1:11:18judgment uh the same court that passed
- 1:11:20the judgment. Okay. And they ask the the
- 1:11:23court to do what to review the judgment
- 1:11:25by adding uh the additional uh 40,000 uh
- 1:11:29which is uh the treatment notes. Okay.
- 1:11:33Now, how do they make that application?
- 1:11:35Of course, in the supporting affidavit.
- 1:11:36Sorry, in the notice of motion and
- 1:11:38supporting affidavit. Notice of motion
- 1:11:40and the supporting affidavit. Notice of
- 1:11:42motion and supporting uh affidavit.
- 1:11:46And then what are the grounds? In their
- 1:11:48grounds, they'll be indicating that they
- 1:11:50have discovered new and compelling
- 1:11:52evidence which of course were not in
- 1:11:54their custody at the time of at the time
- 1:11:58of uh filing the suit. That is all that
- 1:12:02you need to have. That is all you need
- 1:12:04to have to advise Pamela. That is all
- 1:12:08you need to advise I mean you need to
- 1:12:10have for you to advise Pamela
- 1:12:12conclusively.
- 1:12:16Are we together everybody? Is a simple
- 1:12:20question 10 marks free of charge.
- 1:12:36Any
- 1:12:47question?
- 1:13:10All right, no question. So, let's go and
- 1:13:13talk about the April paper. I'm waiting
- 1:13:15for you guys to send me that question
- 1:13:16I'm looking for. I'm very sure it is in
- 1:13:18October.
- 1:13:20So,
- 1:13:23uh it also requires you to Yes, I can
- 1:13:26see the October question. Let me see if
- 1:13:27it is here.
- 1:13:45Mhm.
- 1:13:47Just give me one second.
- 1:14:08No, it's not in October. Somebody sent
- 1:14:10me 2023.
- 1:14:12The two papers in 2023. I don't It is
- 1:14:15not in October.
- 1:14:17I thought it was a Peter Brown question,
- 1:14:19but it's not.
- 1:14:31Uh-huh.
- 1:14:34But anyway, meanwhile, somebody's
- 1:14:36sending that question. Uh let us uh
- 1:14:40let us go straight into uh question
- 1:14:44three.
- 1:14:45uh of uh 2022 April. Somebody read
- 1:14:52>> a notice of motion dated 18th of January
- 1:14:552021 and filed by the appalant under
- 1:14:59section 80 and 3A of the civil procedure
- 1:15:03act and order 45 rule one of the civil
- 1:15:07procedure rules. six a review of the
- 1:15:10court order issued on 25th of December
- 1:15:132020 and that the apparelant be allowed
- 1:15:16to deposit 500,000
- 1:15:19Kenya shillings as a security in a joint
- 1:15:22interest earning bank account within 45
- 1:15:26days. The appellant contends that she
- 1:15:29has made every effort to secure half of
- 1:15:32dital sum as ordered by the court but
- 1:15:35all efforts have borne no fruits and
- 1:15:39that the present application is filed
- 1:15:41without unreasonable delay.
- 1:15:44Uh
- 1:15:46the respondent opposed the application
- 1:15:50arguing that there is no sufficient
- 1:15:52reason given for the order sought and
- 1:15:56that the court in the exercise of its
- 1:15:59jurisdiction is not dependent upon what
- 1:16:02the applicant is willing to offer as
- 1:16:05security.
- 1:16:06In addition, the respondent notes that
- 1:16:09courts make decision based on law and
- 1:16:11not pity. The orders sought to be
- 1:16:14reviewed were pursuant to an application
- 1:16:17seeking stay of execution for a decree
- 1:16:20awarding the respondents a sum of 1.8
- 1:16:23million. In the said application, the
- 1:16:26applicant pleaded financial difficulties
- 1:16:29and sought the court's lenience. The
- 1:16:31court considered the matter raised in
- 1:16:33the application and ordered the
- 1:16:35appellant to deposit 900,000
- 1:16:39in a joint interest account operated by
- 1:16:42parties advocates. Draft the ruling on
- 1:16:46the issues raised as well as merits and
- 1:16:48demerits of the case. 10 marks.
- 1:16:55All right,
- 1:16:58Somebody
- 1:17:27Guys, guys, guys,
- 1:17:30guys.
- 1:17:32What is this question about? Let's just
- 1:17:35attack it from that point. What is it
- 1:17:36about?
- 1:17:57Yes. Qu.
- 1:18:08Mhm.
- 1:18:23who Hussein Zubar
- 1:18:26please talk to us.
- 1:18:28>> Yes. Um I'm just going to respond to
- 1:18:31your question and
- 1:18:34from that reading my understanding is
- 1:18:37the question is about the grounds for
- 1:18:40review whether the the applicant has
- 1:18:43given sufficient grounds for review as
- 1:18:45per order.
- 1:18:48>> Okay.
- 1:18:50And uh quickly in your in your opinion
- 1:18:55has it
- 1:18:59>> um not not really. It hasn't.
- 1:19:03>> And why is that?
- 1:19:06because um there's no new and compelling
- 1:19:10evidence cuz an order was already given
- 1:19:13uh an order was awarded to the
- 1:19:15respondent for them to for
- 1:19:19to settle a sum of 1.8.
- 1:19:26So unless they're saying that 1.8 eight
- 1:19:30is wrong. That is mistake on error or
- 1:19:34error apparent then that is not a ground
- 1:19:37that is available to them. Number two is
- 1:19:40we're not seeing whether there's new and
- 1:19:41compelling evidence that was neither
- 1:19:44within the knowledge of the respon the
- 1:19:46appellant applicant or neither is it
- 1:19:49compelling. So that is not a ground
- 1:19:50available to them. However, for any
- 1:19:53other reason that the court may give fit
- 1:19:57um should I'm not sure what
- 1:20:01what the discretion of the court is in
- 1:20:03this instance for the third ground but
- 1:20:06if they're coming under that
- 1:20:09then I I believe the court would have to
- 1:20:12consider
- 1:20:14um the initial order that was issued
- 1:20:16against the
- 1:20:19and um in this I'm not seeing um any
- 1:20:24grounds that are sufficient for them to
- 1:20:26to be granted this uh review uh
- 1:20:30application.
- 1:20:32All right.
- 1:20:35So guys, I want you guys to go and draft
- 1:20:37that ruling. I want you to go and draft
- 1:20:39that ruling. And the question is whether
- 1:20:41that application is merited or not
- 1:20:42merit. That is the only issue there. So
- 1:20:45remember the the structure of a ruling,
- 1:20:46the summary of the applicant's case, the
- 1:20:49summary of the uh the respondent's case,
- 1:20:51the issues for determination is whether
- 1:20:53that application is merited. The rule of
- 1:20:56law applicable is order 45. Order 45 is
- 1:20:59the rule of law applicable in terms of
- 1:21:00the grounds upon which the court may uh
- 1:21:03may award a review or may review an
- 1:21:06application and then you give us the
- 1:21:08analysis and you give us your conclusion
- 1:21:10as the order of the court and then it
- 1:21:12must be dated. It must be signed. I want
- 1:21:14you to draft that. I've already given
- 1:21:16you everything. The facts are already
- 1:21:17there. The issues are already there. The
- 1:21:21rule of law applicable is 45. The
- 1:21:24analysis and conclusion.
- 1:21:26So, draft that ruling and if you so
- 1:21:28wish, I can review it for you uh if you
- 1:21:32draft it. All right. Now, that being
- 1:21:35said, I just found another question uh
- 1:21:37the one I was talking about which is
- 1:21:39November 2023 question. Uh should be
- 1:21:42question two. You can see it. I hope. Uh
- 1:21:46this is a November of 2023.
- 1:21:50It wasn't a very bad paper. A very good
- 1:21:52paper.
- 1:21:54Uh it is a very very very
- 1:22:05good. So question two, Juliet. I'm going
- 1:22:09to read that question. We can discuss it
- 1:22:11and then we can uh we can uh uh add John
- 1:22:19>> Juliet filed a suit against Peterson
- 1:22:22seeking maintenance of a minor on 27th
- 1:22:25of May 2021. The trial magistrate issued
- 1:22:30some maintenance orders against Peterson
- 1:22:33agreed by the S ruling and order.
- 1:22:36Peterson filed an application seeking
- 1:22:38review of the orders issued on 27th of
- 1:22:42May 2021. On 4th of November 2021 in a
- 1:22:46well resigned ruling, the trial
- 1:22:49magistrate dismissed the application for
- 1:22:51review again agrieved by the ruling of
- 1:22:54the trial magistrate delivered on 4th
- 1:22:56November 2021.
- 1:22:58Peterson filed an appeal on 30th of
- 1:23:01November 2021.
- 1:23:03A reading of the memorandum of appeal by
- 1:23:06Peterson reveals that he is challenging
- 1:23:08both the ruling dated 27th May 2021 and
- 1:23:13the other dated 4th of November 2021.
- 1:23:17Juliet has raised a preliminary
- 1:23:19objection challenging the competence of
- 1:23:21the appeal. The preliminary objection
- 1:23:24has been argued and a ruling date has
- 1:23:27been given. You're the judge's legal
- 1:23:30researcher and he has requested you to
- 1:23:32prepare a draft ruling proceed.
- 1:23:35>> All right. The same thing. So first
- 1:23:38before you prepare a ruling, give me
- 1:23:40your opinions. Do you think this appeal
- 1:23:41is competent uh or is it incompetent?
- 1:23:46Give me your reasons and then you can go
- 1:23:48and draft that appeal that ruling.
- 1:23:53Guys, you can see these things are not
- 1:23:54rocket science. Huh? Just obvious things
- 1:23:57that uh we we do every day.
- 1:24:02Just the obvious things that we do every
- 1:24:05day.
- 1:24:06Nothing special.
- 1:24:08So tell me
- 1:24:11is this application uh is it appeal is
- 1:24:14it appeal is it competent or not?
- 1:24:19Juna ever please proceed.
- 1:24:24Um I think the application is the
- 1:24:27application is not competent because
- 1:24:29you've mentioned that if you're going to
- 1:24:31appeal um I mean if you're going to
- 1:24:32appeal and you're appealing after you've
- 1:24:35made an application for review the the
- 1:24:37appeal must only be based on the um
- 1:24:40order that was given after you re you
- 1:24:43applied for review. In this instance
- 1:24:45he's applying he's challenging both the
- 1:24:47ruling on the 1st 27th and 1st November.
- 1:24:51So it is incompetent on the basis that
- 1:24:54it is challenging the first order that
- 1:24:57was given.
- 1:25:00>> Okay,
- 1:25:02that is right. So guys, you can't appeal
- 1:25:06and review at the same time. So the
- 1:25:09first order, the first order see uh the
- 1:25:14issues uh I mean the the orders for
- 1:25:16maintenance were issued uh on the 27th
- 1:25:19of May. Okay. On the 4th of November,
- 1:25:24uh sorry,
- 1:25:26so on the 27th of May 2021,
- 1:25:30uh there was an issue of an of
- 1:25:32maintenance orders against Peterson.
- 1:25:34Agrieved by the said ruling, Peterson
- 1:25:37filed for the review. Okay. On the 4th
- 1:25:40of November, the review decision or the
- 1:25:43review ruling was delivered dismissing
- 1:25:45his his review. Now at this time Peter
- 1:25:49can only can only appeal against the
- 1:25:52review the review ruling because there
- 1:25:55is no remedy again against the 27th of
- 1:25:58May May ruling. The only thing that
- 1:26:01Peter can deal with is the 4th November
- 1:26:042021. Now in that 4th November 2021
- 1:26:07decision, Peter can only appeal it. He
- 1:26:10cannot review it again. Now for him, he
- 1:26:12has filed an application. So he'll file
- 1:26:14an appeal dated 30th of November and a
- 1:26:17reading of that application memorandum
- 1:26:19of appeal reveals that it's challenging
- 1:26:20both the ruling dated the uh 27th of May
- 1:26:23which is the first one and also the 4th
- 1:26:26of November a ruling which was
- 1:26:29dismissing is uh is reviewed. So based
- 1:26:32off that that application is
- 1:26:34incompetent. So you cannot review
- 1:26:39a review number one. It means once the
- 1:26:42court has made a decision on your review
- 1:26:44application, you cannot review again.
- 1:26:46Number one. Number two, once you have
- 1:26:48reviewed, you cannot go back and appeal
- 1:26:52the same decision you are you are
- 1:26:54reviewing.
- 1:26:57The same decision you are reviewing is
- 1:26:58now not available for not available uh
- 1:27:02for appeal. Sorry for I mean for for for
- 1:27:05appeal let me give an example
- 1:27:08if for instance in the case uh in the
- 1:27:12case um
- 1:27:15let's go back
- 1:27:17so that can use as an example so in this
- 1:27:19question Pamela has been awarded 100,000
- 1:27:23okay 100,000 as damages okay now she
- 1:27:28wants to review so that she can be added
- 1:27:3040,000
- 1:27:32Okay. Now, the first option before she
- 1:27:35reviews, she can appeal. She can appeal
- 1:27:38that decision so that she can be added
- 1:27:40the 40,000. But she's now not appealing.
- 1:27:44She's applying for review. Okay. To add
- 1:27:46the 40,000. Now, if the court delivers a
- 1:27:49judgment refusing to give her the
- 1:27:5240,000, sorry, ruling uh refusing to
- 1:27:54give her the 40,000, she can only appeal
- 1:27:58against that ruling by saying that the
- 1:28:00magistrate had in law and in fact by
- 1:28:03refusing to review my application or
- 1:28:07review my my decree.
- 1:28:10That is what you can go and tell the
- 1:28:11court that the magistet add in law and
- 1:28:14uh in fact by refusing to review but you
- 1:28:18cannot go and say that the magistet add
- 1:28:20in law and in fact by awarding me
- 1:28:23100,000 that issue of 100,000 is done
- 1:28:26and closed why because you decided to
- 1:28:28review now we are dealing with review
- 1:28:30you can only appeal the review decision
- 1:28:32but you cannot touch the first ruling or
- 1:28:35the first judgment I hope that is clear
- 1:28:38so again I would expect you to go and
- 1:28:40draft a ruling on that extent. Uh sit
- 1:28:44down with that ruling very patiently.
- 1:28:47In a in an exam, the examiner is looking
- 1:28:50at a few things. The first thing the
- 1:28:51examiner is looking for is the caption.
- 1:28:54The second thing the examiner is looking
- 1:28:56for are the parties, the word ruling.
- 1:28:59Just give me one second right now.
- 1:29:10One second right now.
- 1:29:18All right. So, should be somewhere
- 1:29:20there.
- 1:29:26Uh,
- 1:29:30I can't see it, but I wanted to show us
- 1:29:32something.
- 1:29:34Let me search for it.
- 1:29:38There it is.
- 1:29:46So I'm going to project my screen
- 1:29:49for a second just to show us what a
- 1:29:51skeleton ruling looks like. What you are
- 1:29:53expected to draft in any instance. Uh
- 1:29:56that will be it.
- 1:29:58So we are going to have the caption
- 1:30:01uh which is generally the caption of the
- 1:30:03case. We're going to have the parties.
- 1:30:05We're going to have the ruling. If it is
- 1:30:07a judgment we're going to write it there
- 1:30:08judgment. And then after that we are
- 1:30:11going to have the facts. So the facts
- 1:30:13the facts. So the facts are divided into
- 1:30:16two. The summary of the applicant's case
- 1:30:20and the summary of the respondent's
- 1:30:22case. And then we go to the issues for
- 1:30:25determination. So at this point you get
- 1:30:27a tick for the caption, you get a tick
- 1:30:29for the facts, you get a tick for the
- 1:30:31issues. Okay? And then the rule of law
- 1:30:33applicable which of course you can
- 1:30:35always combine with your analysis. For
- 1:30:38instance, you talk about order 45 or the
- 1:30:40civil procedure rules or if you don't
- 1:30:43know order 45, you just provide the
- 1:30:46civil procedure rules provide. Okay? And
- 1:30:49then you give us your analysis. Your
- 1:30:52analysis is whether
- 1:30:55the facts of the question are consistent
- 1:30:58with the law. So this is where you are
- 1:31:00telling us that Pamela did this or that.
- 1:31:04Who is that guy? Who is our guy in
- 1:31:08um Peterson? Yes, that Peterson filed an
- 1:31:12application for review. um and then the
- 1:31:15order was delivered and then is now
- 1:31:18appealing the same decision he has
- 1:31:19already reviewed or and appealing the
- 1:31:24review decision as well. So for that
- 1:31:26that's your analysis just marry the fact
- 1:31:28and the law and then you come and give
- 1:31:30us you come and give us uh your final
- 1:31:32orders of the court uh which are your
- 1:31:36decisions that the application dated
- 1:31:38this or this appeal is hereby the appeal
- 1:31:41dated this is hereby dismissed and then
- 1:31:44you make an order as to cost you date it
- 1:31:47and you sign it is signed by the judge
- 1:31:50but if you are a researcher you don't
- 1:31:52sign you just leave it the judge will
- 1:31:54the judge signage.
- 1:31:57I don't know whether we're on the same
- 1:31:59page.
- 1:32:05>> Yes, we are.
- 1:32:07>> So that is your assignment.
- 1:32:11>> That is your assignment.
- 1:32:16>> It is not very hard just for you to just
- 1:32:18try and train yourself. see whether the
- 1:32:22things you can uh see whether the things
- 1:32:24you can uh you can do any question
- 1:32:27before we close
- 1:32:32uh thank you Jack my question is can a
- 1:32:35preliminary objection succeed partly
- 1:32:39for example in the question that we've
- 1:32:41looked at maybe you allow the PO to the
- 1:32:44extent of this appalant
- 1:32:48only re reviewing Uh, okay. Baking an an
- 1:32:52application for appeal against the
- 1:32:54ruling that that has been viewed.
- 1:32:57>> I'm losing you. Uhhuh. Your question is
- 1:33:00>> My question is can a PO succeed partly
- 1:33:04or do you have to dismiss the all
- 1:33:06application?
- 1:33:07>> But you see now the PO how can he
- 1:33:09succeed partly? The PO is challenging
- 1:33:12the appeal by saying that the appeal is
- 1:33:14competent. So there's only one answer
- 1:33:15you need to answer there. It is
- 1:33:17competent or not competent.
- 1:33:22you get.
- 1:33:25So it can it can a PO can succeed partly
- 1:33:29the same way an application can succeed
- 1:33:31partly. But for this question that you
- 1:33:33have there's only one thing
- 1:33:36whether it is competent or not
- 1:33:38competent. So you can only it can either
- 1:33:40succeed in food or fail in food.
- 1:33:49Are you together?
- 1:33:52>> Yes. Thank you.
- 1:34:14Uhhuh.
- 1:34:23Stop. Now I I I wanted to
- 1:34:32>> I wanted to find out um
- 1:34:34>> I I I I think I've understood what you
- 1:34:37taught us about review and appeal. I I
- 1:34:40recently saw and I think I was part of
- 1:34:43that group where um
- 1:34:47the school increase school fees and then
- 1:34:50the parents went to court then the court
- 1:34:52high court issued an order stopping the
- 1:34:54increment of the fees. So the school
- 1:34:56went for
- 1:34:58review uh at the court at the same time
- 1:35:00did an appeal.
- 1:35:03Um but the judge listened to the to the
- 1:35:07review and of course in his ruling the
- 1:35:10only thing I saw he said is the the
- 1:35:12school was behaving like a whereby it
- 1:35:14was going through but he didn't dismiss
- 1:35:17it he went he listened. So in such a
- 1:35:19case what why why would then the judge
- 1:35:23go ahead and hear the review at the same
- 1:35:25time she was aware there was an appeal
- 1:35:28but only the thing she did is is to
- 1:35:30castate the client for um giving the
- 1:35:34kahena
- 1:35:36the
- 1:35:38>> you need to I think at some point the
- 1:35:41judge cannot entertain
- 1:35:44both then the appeal will not be
- 1:35:47entertained. the appeal will not be
- 1:35:49competent once the application has been
- 1:35:51entertained. But remember something I
- 1:35:53failed to mention that I need to mention
- 1:35:55also make very clear is that if you have
- 1:35:58two parties in a case if you have two
- 1:36:00parties in a case one can decide to
- 1:36:02review one can decide to appeal. Okay.
- 1:36:06For instance, if if Aayumba is suing
- 1:36:11both Jackson and Kinako, first defendant
- 1:36:14and second defendant, the defendants
- 1:36:16will decide each of them will decide
- 1:36:18what they're doing. Me I can decide to
- 1:36:20appeal. Kinako can decide to review that
- 1:36:23is that is so this my appeal will not
- 1:36:26affect your review and your review will
- 1:36:29not affect my appeal.
- 1:36:32You get but you cannot have all you
- 1:36:35cannot have both. You cannot have you
- 1:36:37the same person you are telling the
- 1:36:39court review for me at the same time the
- 1:36:42other side you are telling the court
- 1:36:43appeal. No that cannot happen just one
- 1:36:46at a time.
- 1:36:48Okay.
- 1:36:52>> Okay.
- 1:36:54>> Okay.
- 1:36:58>> Uh I'm so sorry. I just wanted to
- 1:37:01confirm the the year of the papers.
- 1:37:06>> Oh, this uh the 223 paper I can just for
- 1:37:10all of them in the group but uh I'm very
- 1:37:12sure you guys are
- 1:37:14>> able to get it from wherever. So the
- 1:37:162021 paper 2021 June uh we have the
- 1:37:20April 2022 2021 June
- 1:37:24>> April 2022
- 1:37:26and November 2020 uh 2023.
- 1:37:31>> Oh thank you so much.
- 1:37:34>> You're welcome.
- 1:37:36All right. I hope that is an old hand.
- 1:37:45My name is and you have answered my
- 1:37:47question. Thanks. Let me wait.
- 1:37:49>> All right.
- 1:37:52So let's go to so there's no other
- 1:37:54question. So I want to stop the in the
- 1:37:56next class on Monday we shall start on
- 1:37:58appeals actively. Uh we shall discuss
- 1:38:00appeals all of appeals. We shall drop
- 1:38:02the morum of appeal in both instances.
- 1:38:05It's a very interesting discussion. uh
- 1:38:07we shall also endeavor to come back with
- 1:38:09questions on appeals so that once we are
- 1:38:13done with that topic we can look at a
- 1:38:14few questions and then move straight to
- 1:38:17judicial review uh cost taxation and
- 1:38:21then embark on purely purely past paper
- 1:38:25revision.
- 1:38:29All right. So guys, it's been a
- 1:38:32pleasure. It's a good Saturday. I will
- 1:38:35see you tomorrow at 200 p.m. for LPM
- 1:38:38accounting. See you then. Take care of
- 1:38:41yourself. Be good and I shall speak to
- 1:38:44you then. Please make sure you get the
- 1:38:46recording in good time. Get the
- 1:38:49recording right now uh so that uh we can
- 1:38:52uh do other things. For those of you
- 1:38:54that are doing other things,
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