[2024] KEHC 12676 (KLR)
The court found that there was an accidental slip in its judgment of 19th June 2024, where liability was erroneously apportioned at 40:60 against the appellant instead of 60:40 as determined by the lower court. Applying Section 99 of the Civil Procedure Act, the court held that it was empowered to correct such...
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- Citation
- [2024] KEHC 12676 (KLR)
- Parties
- Appellant: Transport & Lifting Services Limited; Respondent: Scovia Atieno Mbaja & Dismas Dawa Dawa (Suing As The Legal Representatives Of The Estate Of Barack Mbaja Dawa)
- Court
- High Court
- Court Station
- High Court at Kisumu
- Jurisdiction
- Kenya
- Case Number
- Civil Appeal E104 of 2023
- Procedural Posture
- Civil Appeal / Ruling on Application for Review of Apportionment of Liability and Quantum
- Outcome
- Application for review allowed. Judgment of 19th June 2024 reviewed and corrected to apportion liability at 60:40 in favour of the appellant. Damages and costs recalculated accordingly. Each party to bear their own costs of the application. File closed.
- Judges
- RE Aburili
- Legal Topics
- Review of Judgment, Apportionment of Liability, Accidental Slip Rule, Personal Injury Damages
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Parties
Transport & Lifting Services Limited
Appellant
Scovia Atieno Mbaja & Dismas Dawa Dawa (Suing As The Legal Representatives Of The Estate Of Barack Mbaja Dawa)
Respondent
Procedural Posture
Civil Appeal / Ruling on Application for Review of Apportionment of Liability and Quantum
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the court made an accidental slip in apportioning liability in its judgment of 19th June 2024.
- 2 Whether the court should review and correct the apportionment of liability and consequential quantum of damages.
Ratio Decidendi
The court found that there was an accidental slip in its judgment of 19th June 2024, where liability was erroneously apportioned at 40:60 against the appellant instead of 60:40 as determined by the lower court. Applying Section 99 of the Civil Procedure Act, the court held that it was empowered to correct such errors at any time. The court reviewed and set aside the erroneous apportionment and consequential calculations, substituting them with the correct apportionment of 60:40 in favour of the appellant and recalculated the damages and costs accordingly. The court further ordered that each party bear their own costs of the application.
Court Disposition
Application for review allowed. Judgment of 19th June 2024 reviewed and corrected to apportion liability at 60:40 in favour of the appellant. Damages and costs recalculated accordingly. Each party to bear their own costs of the application. File closed.
Orders
- The part of the judgment of 19th June 2024 apportioning liability at 40:60 is set aside and substituted with 60:40 in favour of the appellant.
- Calculations at paragraphs 52 and 54 of the judgment are set aside and substituted with: Loss of dependency – Kshs.13,572 x 12 x 22 x 2/3 = Kshs.2,388,673; Pain & Suffering – Kshs.20,000; Loss of expectation of life – Kshs.100,000; Total – Kshs.2,508,672; Less 60% contribution (Kshs.1,505,203.20); Total Balance –...
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Transport & Lifting Services Limited v Mbaja & another (Suing as the legal representatives of the Estate of Barack Mbaja Dawa) (Civil Appeal E104 of 2023) [2024] KEHC 12676 (KLR) (17 October 2024) (Ruling)
Neutral citation: [2024] KEHC 12676 (KLR)
Republic of Kenya
In the High Court at Kisumu
Civil Appeal E104 of 2023
RE Aburili, J
October 17, 2024
Between
Transport & Lifting Services Limited
Appellant
and
Scovia Atieno Mbaja & Dismas Dawa Dawa (Suing As The Legal Representatives Of The Estate Of Barack Mbaja Dawa)
Respondent
(An appeal arising out of the Judgment & Decree of the Honourable E.A. Obina in the Chief Magistrate’s Court at Kisumu delivered on the 8th June 2023 in Kisumu CMCC No. E074 of 2021)
Ruling
1. I have considered the application dated 14th October 2024 which is not opposed. It seeks review of the judgment of this court of 19th June 2024 apportioning liability at 40:60 against the appellant instead of 60:40 as was the case in the lower court. It is true that in the lower court, liability between the parties hereto was apportioned at 60:40 in favour of the Respondent.
2. However, in my judgment of 19th June 2024, I inadvertently interchanged the liability to 40:60 which was an error.
3. Section 99 of the Civil Procedure Act empowers this court to correct or amend clerical or arithmetical mistakes in Judgments, decrees and orders or errors arising from any accidental slip or omission and allows this court to at any time correct those errors or mistakes either on its own motion or on the application of any of the parties.
4. Having perused the Judgment of 19th June 2024, I am satisfied that there was an error on the face of the record in apportioning liability at 40:60. I hereby review and set aside that part of Judgment of 19th June 2024 and substitute it with liability as apportioned in the lower court which is 60:40 in favour of the appellant. I further set aside the calculations at paragraphs 52 and 54 of the said Judgment and substitute the same with the following:Loss of dependency – Kshs.13,572 x 12 x 22 x 2/3 = Kshs.2,388,673Pain & Suffering – Kshs.20,000Loss of expectation of life – Kshs.100,000Total – Kshs.2,508,672Less 60% contribution (Kshs.1,505,203. 20)Total Balance – Kshs.1. 003,468. 80
5. And paragraph 54 to read, costs awarded in the lower court shall also be less 60% contribution.
6. This ruling amends the judgment of 19th June, 2024 accordingly.
7. Each party to bear their own costs of this application.
8. This file is closed.
DATED, SIGNED AND DELIVERED AT KISUMU THIS 17TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2024R.E. ABURILIJUDGE