EABL and its subsidiary Kenya Breweries Ltd (KBL) had filed an application seeking orders that certain sections of the defence and counter-claim filed by Keroche, be struck out for being irrelevant to the case before court.
In his ruling, Justice Fred Ochieng, however, rejected the application saying that when Keroche responded to the claims of unfair competition, by asserting that it was EABL and KBL who were culpable of unfair competition, the same cannot be said to be extraneous.
Keroche Breweries Ltd got a major boost in the beer bottle legal tussle with its main business rival the East Africa Breweries Ltd (EABL) after a court declined to expunge part of its defence in the case.
EABL and its subsidiary Kenya Breweries Ltd (KBL) had filed an application seeking orders that certain sections of the defence and counter-claim filed by Keroche, be struck out for being irrelevant to the case before court.
