[2020] KECA 94 (KLR)
The court held that, in accordance with Rule 92(3) of the Court of Appeal Rules, the appellant is permitted to file and serve a supplementary record of appeal. However, the supplementary record must be strictly limited to the decree and to documents that were before the trial court but omitted from the original...
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- Citation
- [2020] KECA 94 (KLR)
- Parties
- Applicant: Tabitha Wothaya Ndigirigi; Respondent: Mohammed Mutuku Mutisya Nzioki; Respondent: Joseph Machuka Okaru; Respondent: Maima Naykinywa Mohammed; Respondent: Joyce Teresa Akinyi Ochieng; Respondent: Richard Kariru Ngunjiri
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Court Station
- Court of Appeal at Nairobi
- Jurisdiction
- Kenya
- Case Number
- Civil Appeal (Application) 85 of 2020
- Procedural Posture
- Civil Appeal / Application for Leave to File and Serve Supplementary Record of Appeal
- Outcome
- Application allowed in part.
- Legal Topics
- Supplementary Record of Appeal, Leave of Court, Court of Appeal Rules, Filing Procedure
- Source Language
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Parties
Tabitha Wothaya Ndigirigi
Applicant
Mohammed Mutuku Mutisya Nzioki
Respondent
Joseph Machuka Okaru
Respondent
Maima Naykinywa Mohammed
Respondent
Joyce Teresa Akinyi Ochieng
Respondent
Richard Kariru Ngunjiri
Respondent
Procedural Posture
Civil Appeal / Application for Leave to File and Serve Supplementary Record of Appeal
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the applicant requires leave of court to file and serve a supplementary record of appeal.
- 2 Whether the supplementary record can include documents not before the trial court.
- 3 What documents may properly be included in the supplementary record of appeal.
Ratio Decidendi
The court held that, in accordance with Rule 92(3) of the Court of Appeal Rules, the appellant is permitted to file and serve a supplementary record of appeal. However, the supplementary record must be strictly limited to the decree and to documents that were before the trial court but omitted from the original record of appeal. The court rejected the inclusion of documents that were not before the trial court, emphasizing that only such documents as were part of the trial record may be added. The application was therefore allowed only to the extent that it complied with these requirements, and the applicant was granted 14 days to file and serve the supplementary record. Costs were...
Court Disposition
Application allowed in part.
Orders
- The appellant is at liberty to file and serve a supplementary record of appeal limited to the decree and documents which were before the trial court but omitted from the record of appeal.
- The supplementary record of appeal shall be filed and served within 14 days from the date of delivery of this ruling.
Full Case Text
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41 paragraphs
IN THE COURT OF APPEAL
AT NAIROBI
(CORAM: GATEMBU, JA (IN CHAMBERS))
CIVIL APPEAL (APPLICATION) NO. 85 OF 2020
BETWEEN
TABITHA WOTHAYA NDIGIRIGI.........................................APPELLANT/APPLICANT
AND
MOHAMMED MUTUKU MUTISYA NZIOKI...................................1STRESPONDENT
JOSEPH MACHUKA OKARU...........................................................2NDRESPONDENT
MAIMA NAYKINYWA MOHAMMED.............................................3RDRESPONDENT
JOYCE TERESA AKINYI OCHIENG..............................................4THRESPONDENT
RICHARD KARIRU NGUNJIRI.......................................................5THRESPONDENT
(Being an application for leave to file and serve a supplementary record of appeal
and that the record of appeal be validated by such leave)
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RULING
1. By her application dated 15th July 2020, the applicant, Tabitha Wothaya Ndigiri, acting in person seeks an order that she be granted leave to file and serve a supplementary record of appeal and that the record of appeal be validated by such leave. She deposes in her supporting affidavit that the documents proposed to be included in the supplementary record are vital and proper for the conclusive determination of the appeal; that when preparing the record, the decree was not ready although she had already applied for it.
2. In addition to the decree, the other documents sought to be included in the proposed supplementary record are:
a) …
b) Business Names Register for Toika International Company.
c) Letter from the Department of the RegistrarGeneral dated 30th December 2010 to Office ofthe President, Criminal Investigation Department.
d) KRA PIN Certificate.
e) Letter from the Department of Registrar General dated 11th October 2010.
f) Letter dated 5th September 2019 to the Deputy Registrar Environment and Lands Court and Receipts.
g) Court Order given on 4th March 2008 in respect of Civil Suit No. Misc. 102 of 2007.
h) Letter of allotment dated 9th December 2005
i) Copy of Title for L.R. No. 209/12734.
3. In his replying affidavit in opposition to the application, Richard Kabiru Ngunjiri the 5th respondent deposes that the applicationis an abuse of the process of court as the applicant does not require leave to file the supplementary record; and that the some of the documents proposed to be included in the supplementary record, namely:
i. Business names Register for Toika International Company.
ii. Letter from the Department of the RegistrarGeneral dated 30thDecember 2010 to Office ofthe President, Criminal Investigation Department; and
iii. Letter from the Department of the Registrar General dated 11th October 2010were not before the trial court.
4. Having considered the application and the affidavits, the appellant is at liberty, in accordance with Rule 92(3) of the Court of Appeal Rules, to file and serve a supplementary record of appeal. The supplementary record of appeal shall be limited to the decree and to documents which were before the trial court omitted from the record of appeal.
5. The supplementary record of appeal shall be filed and served within 14 days from the date of delivery of this ruling.
6. Costs of the application shall be in the appeal.
Dated and delivered at Nairobi this 4thday of December, 2020.
S. GATEMBU KAIRU, (FCIArb)
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JUDGE OF APPEAL
I certify that this is a truecopy of the original.
Signed
DEPUTY REGISTRAR