Watson Seafood & Poultry Co. v. Hassanali Hirji Shariff, Civ. Case 8-D-66; 29/3/67; Otto, J.

Watson Seafood & Poultry Co. v. Hassanali Hirji Shariff, Civ. Case 8-D-66; 29/3/67; Otto, J.

In a claim for goods sold and delivered, judgment was entered against defendants in ex parte decree, when they failed to appear on the day the suit had been called on for hearing.

            Held: A party’s failure to give proper instruction to his advocates does not justify non-appearance at a hearing. Citing Simon Petero Zirabamuzale v. Andrew Gorrect (1962) E.A 694. A party cannot claim “sufficient cause” where his non-appearance seems to have been “another episode in a long line of delaying tactics.”