IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF KENYA
AT NAIROBI
CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 299 OF 2007
BETWEEN
JOHN GAKURE and 148 OTHERS .............................................APPLICANTS
AND
DAWA PHARMACEUTICAL CO. LTD. and 7 OTHERS..........RESPONDENTS
(An application seeking for extension of time to lodge and serve record of appeal against the ruling and order of the High Court of Kenya at Nairobi (Nyamu, J.) dated 2nd March, 2007)
in
NAIROBI H.C.CC. NO. 1612 OF 2005)
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R U L I N G
Although the matter before me appears to be voluminous due to the multiplicity of the parties to it, it is a straightforward application under rule 4 of the rules of this Court for grant of an order that the applicants be allowed to lodge a record of appeal out of time.
The principles upon which I have to consider the application are also well settled despite the overarching provisions of sections 3A and 3B of the Appellate Jurisdiction Act. I have already commented on the construction of those provisions in an…