LALJI T/A VAKKEP BUILDING CONTRACTORS V. CAROUSEL LIMITED
(1989) JELR 104622 (CA)
Court of Appeal
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Civil Appeal 11 of 1986
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18 Jan 1989
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Kenya
Coram
Richard Otieno Kwach, James Onyiego Nyarangi, Harold Grant Platt
Judgement
<p class="ql-align-center">IN THE COURT OF APPEAL</p><p class="ql-align-center">AT NAIROBI</p><p class="ql-align-center">(Coram: Nyarangi, Platt and Kwach Ag JA )</p><p class="ql-align-center">CIVIL APPEAL 11 OF 1986</p><p class="ql-align-center">LALJI T/A VAKKEP BUILDING CONTRACTORS............APPELLANT</p><p class="ql-align-center">VERSUS</p><p class="ql-align-center">CAROUSEL LIMITED..................................................................RESPONDENT</p><p class="ql-align-center">JUDGMENT</p><p class="ql-align-center"><em>(Appeal from a judgment and decree of the High Court at Nairobi, Butler-Sloss J dated 12th September 1985, </em></p><p class="ql-align-center"><em>in </em></p><p class="ql-align-center"><em>Civil Case No 587 of 1985)</em></p><p class="ql-align-center">*****************************************</p><p class="ql-align-justify">January 18, 1989 the following Judgment of the Court was delivered.</p><p class="ql-align-justify">This is an appeal from the judgment of the High Court given in favour of Carousel Ltd (the respondent) against a firm called Vakkep Building Contractors (hereinafter called the appellants) on an Order 35 application for summary judgment.</p><p class="ql-align-justify">The claim which has culminated in this appeal arose out of what is commonly known as a building dispute. On 29th June, 1981 the appellants entered into a contract (the main contract) with Mukawa (Hotels) Holdings Ltd under which the appellants agreed to buil…</p>