PRIME COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED V. ODHIAMBO ORONGA & COMPANY ADVOCATES

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

The dispute leading to this appeal revolved around an Advocate/Client Bill of Costs. The respondent, Odhiambo Oronga and Company Advocates, filed an Advocate/Client Bill of Costs against the appellant, Prime Communications Limited in Nairobi H.C. Misc. Appl. No. 44 of 2014. The bill was taxed by D. W. Nyambu, Deputy Registrar, in a ruling delivered on 28^th July, 2014 in the total sum of Ksh. 457,782/-. Various applications by both parties followed challenging that taxation. We need not go into all those applications for purposes of this appeal as they are not necessary for consideration of the appeal before us. What is relevant is a Chamber Summons filed by the appellant on 21^st March, 2017 where various orders were sought including an order that the ruling of the Deputy Registrar be vacated; that it be declared that the respondent had not been instructed by the appellant to act for it; that it be declared that there was no retainer between the respondent as advoc…