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Consent orders
Any order may, by consent of the parties evidenced in writing, be entered by the registrar or, in a subordinate court, by an execu…
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When Judgment may be entered by Registrar
Judgment may, on application in writing, be entered by the registrar or, in a subordinate court, by an executive officer generally…
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Registrar to be ministerial officer
Wherever in these Rules it is provided that any ministerial act or thing may be done by the court, that act or thing may be done b…
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Special rules of procedure
Any special rules of procedure not contained in these Rules which may have been or may be made by the High Court shall, where they…
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Use of forms
Forms used for the purposes of this Act shall, with such variation as the circumstances of each case may require, be those to be f…
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Service of Orders, notices and documents
All orders, notices and documents required by these Rules to be given to or served on any person shall, save where other provision…
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Process to be served at expense of party issuing
(1) Every process issued under these Rules shall be served at the expense of the party on whose behalf it is issued unless the cou…
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Appeals from subordinate courts
An appeal from a decree or order of a subordinate court to the High Court may be filed in the District Registry within the area of…
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Taxations in District Registries
A District Registrar with regard to suits tried in his area shall have the same power of taxing costs as the registrar has as a ta…
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Appeal from decision of District Registrar
(1) Any person affected by any order or decision of a District Registrar made in any preliminary step or upon an interlocutory app…
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All preliminary steps taken before the District Registrar
In a suit proceeding in a District Registry all formal steps preliminary to the trial and all interlocutory applications shall, in…
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Place of trial
(1) Every suit whether instituted in the Central Office or in a District Registry of the High Court shall be tried in such place a…
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Proceedings against the Government
Notwithstanding anything in rule 4, in any civil proceedings against the Government the defendant shall for the purposes of this O…
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Suits filed in a registry remain there when all defendants reside within that area
Where the defendant resides or carries on business, or all the defendants (if more than one) reside or carry on business within th…
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Title of suits filed in a District Registry
Suits filed in a District Registry shall be intituled as suits in “The High Court of Kenya at (District Registry)”, and shall be s…
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Schedule of District Registries and areas
(1) There shall be District Registries and Deputy Registrars of the High Court at the places and for the areas set out in the Sche…
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Institution of suits in High Court
Every suit in the High Court may be instituted at the central office of that court situate in Nairobi or in a District Registry.
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Alternative dispute resolution
(1) Nothing under this order may be construed as precluding the court from adopting and implementing, of its own motion or at the…
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Forms
Form Nos. 28 to 32 of Appendix A shall be used for the respective purposes therein mentioned.
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Judgment on award
(1) The court shall on request by any party with due notice to other parties enter judgment according to the award— (a) when no ap…
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Time for application
An application may be made under rules 13, 14, 15 and 16 within thirty days of receipt by the applicant of notice of the filing of…
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Grounds for setting aside award
(1) The court may set aside an award on the following grounds only— (a) corruption or misconduct of the arbitrator or umpire; or (…
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Power to remit for reconsideration
(1) The court may remit an award, or any other matter referred to arbitration, for reconsideration by the same arbitrator or umpir…
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Power to modify or correct award
The court may modify or correct an award— (a) where it appears that a part of the award is upon a matter not referred to arbitrati…
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