Onyango & another v Harin Builders Limited & another [2023] KEHC 21414 (KLR)
Court
High Court
Case number
Miscellaneous Civil Application E074 of 2022
Judge
JWW Mong'are
The High Court dismissed an application to remove a sole arbitrator, holding that the applicants had not proved bias, lack of independence, or misconduct with cogent evidence.
Nairobi Properties Limited v Africa Medicity Limited & another [2023] KEHC 2741 (KLR)
Court
High Court
Case number
Miscellaneous Application E030 of 2022
Judge
DAS Majanja
The court found that the applicant failed to establish any cogent basis for the removal of the arbitrator on grounds of bias, impartiality, or inability to act. The court reviewed the chronology of the arbitral proceedings and determined that the arbitrator conducted the proceedings with reasonable dispatch and that delays were not inordinate or attributable solely to the arbitrator. The court held that the applicant's dissatisfaction arose from adverse interlocutory rulings rather than evidence of bias or partiality. The arbitrator's findings in the discovery award were provisional and did n…
Runji & Partners Consulting Engineers &Planners; Ltd v National Water Conservation & Pipeline Corporation & Tom Onyango Oketch [2017] KEHC 28 (KLR)
Court
High Court
Case number
Miscellaneous Case 37 of 2017
Judge
F Tuiyott
The High Court declined to disqualify an arbitrator under section 13(3) of the Arbitration Act, finding no justifiable doubts about impartiality or independence.