REPUBLIC OF KENYA
IN THE COURT OF APPEAL
AT NAIROBI
CORAM: DEVERELL, J.A. (IN CHAMBERS)
CIVIL APPLICATION NO. NAI. 264 OF 2004
BETWEEN
TAMIL ENTERPRISES LTD ................................... APPLICANT
AND
OFFICIAL RECEIVER AND PROVISIONAL
LIQUIDATION OF CONTINENTAL CREDIT
FINANCE LTD and ANOTHER ..............................RESPONDENTS
(Application for leave to file an appeal out of time in an intended
appeal from the Ruling of the High Court of Kenya at Milimani
Commercial Court Nairobi (Ibrahim J) dated 5th November, 2003
in
H.C.C.C. NO. 1914 OF 1999)
***************
R U L I N G
This is an application under rule 4 of the Court of Appeal Rules (the Rules) for an extension of time to file an appeal against the Ruling of Mohammed Ibrahim J delivered on 5th November, 2003.
I will first deal with the length of the delay. Rule 81 (1) provides that an appeal shall be instituted by lodging the memorandum of appeal and the record of appeal within sixty days of the date when the notice of appeal was…