JOHN MAINA MBURU V. DISCIPLINARY TRIBUNAL OF THE LAW SOCIETY OF KENYA & JOHN FRANCIS NJOMO

RULING OF THE COURT

This is an application under sections 3A and 2B of the Appellate Jurisdiction Act and Rule 5(2) (b) Court of Appeal Rules for the main order that further proceedings in the Advocates Disciplinary Tribunal, Case number 44/15 be stayed pending the hearing and determination of the applicant’s intended appeal from the judgment of the High Court delivered on 5^th November 2015 in High Court Miscellaneous Application No. 226 of 2015.

The applicant filed Judicial Review application No. JR 226 of 2015 in the High Court seeking an order of certiorari to bring into the High Court and quash the decision of the Disciplinary Tribunal of the Law Society of Kenya (1^st respondent) expressed vide a letter dated 26^th June 2015 requiring the applicant to appear before the said Disciplinary Committee on 20^th July 2015 to take plea on a complaint by John Francis Njomo – the interested party herein. By the same application the applicant sought an order of prohibition preventing the Discipl…