[2022] KEHC 16802 (KLR)

[2022] KEHC 16802 (KLR)

The court found that while the applicant's grounds for judicial review were not frivolous or hopeless, the applicant had already invoked the statutory appeal process before the Insurance Appeals Tribunal, seeking substantially the same relief. The applicant failed to demonstrate that the tribunal remedy was...

Source-derived case information.

Citation
[2022] KEHC 16802 (KLR)
Parties
Applicant: Goldfield Insurance Brokers Limited; Respondent: Commissioner of Insurance; Respondent: Insurance Regulatory Authority; Interested Party: First Assurance Company Limited
Court
High Court
Court Station
High Court at Nairobi (Milimani Commercial Courts)
Jurisdiction
Kenya
Case Number
Judicial Review Miscellaneous Application 008 of 2022
Procedural Posture
Judicial Review Miscellaneous Application / Ruling on Leave to Commence Judicial Review and Related Preliminary Applications
Outcome
Application for leave to commence judicial review struck out; respondents' application partially succeeds; each party to bear its own costs.
Judges
DO Chepkwony
Legal Topics
Judicial Review, Insurance Commissions, Exhaustion of Alternative Remedies, Abuse of Process, Administrative Decisions, Licensing Compliance
Source Language
en
Commercial and Corporate Civil Procedure Judicial Review Insurance Commissions Exhaustion of Alternative Remedies Abuse of Process Administrative Decisions Licensing Compliance

Source-derived case record

Summary, issues, holding and outcome

More case intelligence is available

Unlock the full research layer for this judgment.

Downloadable case file Legal principles 4 Authorities cited 16 Party arguments 2 Amounts and remedies 3
Sign in to unlock

Parties

Goldfield Insurance Brokers Limited

Applicant

Commissioner of Insurance

Respondent

Insurance Regulatory Authority

Respondent

First Assurance Company Limited

Interested Party

Procedural Posture

Judicial Review Miscellaneous Application / Ruling on Leave to Commence Judicial Review and Related Preliminary Applications

  1. 1 Whether the applicant is entitled to leave to commence judicial review proceedings against the respondents' decision declining payment of insurance commission.
  2. 2 Whether judgment on admission can be entered against the applicant for engaging in activities outside its brokerage license.
  3. 3 Whether the judicial review proceedings are an abuse of process given the pending appeal before the Insurance Appeals Tribunal.

Ratio Decidendi

The court found that while the applicant's grounds for judicial review were not frivolous or hopeless, the applicant had already invoked the statutory appeal process before the Insurance Appeals Tribunal, seeking substantially the same relief. The applicant failed to demonstrate that the tribunal remedy was inadequate or inappropriate. The court emphasized that judicial review is a remedy of last resort and that pursuing parallel proceedings in both the tribunal and the High Court amounts to an abuse of process. Consequently, the court declined to grant leave to commence judicial review proceedings and struck out the applicant's application, holding that the issues raised are better...

Court Disposition

Application for leave to commence judicial review struck out; respondents' application partially succeeds; each party to bear its own costs.

Orders

  • The applicant's Notice of Motion application dated 7th June, 2022 is struck out.
  • The respondents' Notice of Motion application dated 25th July, 2022 partially succeeds.