IN THE COURT OF APPEAL
AT NAIROBI
(Coram: Kwach, Cockar and Muli JJ A)
CIVIL APPEAL NO 157 OF 1991
Between
COMMERCIAL BANK
OF AFRICA LIMITED....................................APPELLANT
AND
ISAAC KAMAU NDIRANGU ..................RESPONDENT
(Appeal from the Ruling of the High Court of Kenya at Nairobi (Mr Akiwumi J) delivered on 2nd June, 1988
in
HCCC No 1803 of 1985)
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JUDGMENT
Kwach JA. It is a fundamental tenet of the rule of law that court orders must be obeyed:
This appeal is essentially about alleged flagrant disobedience of a court order by one of the parties and its advocates. Advocates who aid and abet their clients to disobey or circumvent court orders must understand that they are as much liable to be committed for contempt of court as their clients. If any authority were needed for this perfectly obvious proposition, it can be found in the cases of Marengo v. Daily Sketch and Sunday Graphic Ltd [1948] 1 All ER 406; Elliot v. Klinger [1967] 3 All ER 141; and Acrow (Auto…