The court has directed parties embroiled in the protracted battle for control of Directline Assurance Company, market leader in Public Service Vehicle (PSV) insurance, to agree on which of the numerous pending applications should be consolidated, in a bid to shift the focus of the case to its substantive issues of directorship and shareholding. During a mention on Tuesday of a contempt of court application against Royal Credit Limited chairperson Dr SK Macharia, Justice Francis Gikonyo observed that the rise in the number of applications was unduly delaying a matter that ought to have been concluded. He urged the parties to streamline the proceedings to allow the court to address the core dispute.
