Lonrho Ltd. v. Alexandre Tryphon Dembeniotis, Civ. Case 73-D—65; 28-D-66; 13/7/67, Saidi, J.

 

Lonrho Ltd. v. Alexandre Tryphon Dembeniotis, Civ. Case 73-D—65; 28-D-66; 13/7/67, Saidi, J.

Applicant applied for the adjournment of two consolidated cases in order to obtain senior counsel. Applicant’s advocate stated that two senior counsel. Applicant’s advocated stated that two senior counsel had been briefed, but through no fault of applicant, had had to withdraw. Further attempts to find new senior counsel had been interrupted by settlement negotiations and had failed. The advocate for the opposing party stated that this clients, who were high officials in a large London firm, had made special arrangements to fly to Dar es Salaam at the specified time and would have great difficulty making other arrangements.

            Ruled: The cases are complicated and the sums claimed are very large. Applicant would not be fairly represented without senior counsel. The inconvenience to the opposing party is mitigated by applicant’s offer to pay costs arising from the delay. The application for adjournment was allowed.