Court of Appeal · Criminal Appeal 9 of 2003 18 December 2009 Kenya's Court of Appeal upheld a murder conviction, ruling that a witness the trial judge believed was credible first, with corroboration as
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Court of Appeal · Civil Application 213 of 2009 18 December 2009 The Court of Appeal blocked the sale of a Kshs.100 million Nairobi property, ruling that the buyer's right to sell it was genuinely disputab
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Court of Appeal · Criminal Appeal 452 of 2007 18 December 2009 Kenya's Court of Appeal quashed a robbery conviction because one shaky, uncorroborated eyewitness identification could not safely prove guil
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Court of Appeal · Civil Application 340 of 2008 18 December 2009 Kenya's Court of Appeal refused to pause a defamation payout because the applicants proved only one of two required grounds for a stay of ex
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Court of Appeal · Not stated in the judgment 17 December 2009 Kenya's Court of Appeal refused to extend time to appeal where an eleven-month delay was unexplained, the appeal was not arguable, and the r
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Court of Appeal · Notice of Motion dated 12th November 2009, arising from Nairobi HCCC No. 331 of 2008 16 December 2009 Kenya's Court of Appeal gave CFC Financial Services more time to file its appeal record, confirming that waiting for leave to appeal is a va
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Court of Appeal · Civil Application 292 of 2009 11 December 2009 Kenya's Court of Appeal halted a Kshs 56 million legal fee taxation, confirming courts can now use the overriding objective to grant flexibl
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Court of Appeal · Civil Appli 270 of 2009 (UR 187/2009) 11 December 2009 Kenya's Court of Appeal refused to stop a bank selling charged land because the applicant could recover the land's value in damages.
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Court of Appeal · Civil Appeal 219 of 2008 11 December 2009 Kenya's Court of Appeal confirmed that election officials who botch an election can be ordered to pay legal costs even when the petition cha
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Court of Appeal · Criminal Appeal 298 of 2006 11 December 2009 Kenya's Court of Appeal dismissed a robbery convict's second appeal, confirming that constitutional delay complaints need clear, undisputed
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Court of Appeal · Civil Application 276 of 2009 11 December 2009 Kenya's Court of Appeal stopped High Court-ordered arbitration in Nairobi, protecting a contract that required arbitration in New Delhi.
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Court of Appeal · Civil Appeal 162 of 2003 11 December 2009 Kenya's Court of Appeal confirmed that land registered in one person's name can still belong to partners who helped pay for and work it, dis
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Court of Appeal · Civil Appeal 119 of 2005 11 December 2009 Kenya's Court of Appeal ruled a man claiming land by adverse possession gets only the half he truly occupied, not the entire family parcel.
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Court of Appeal · Criminal Appeal 460 of 2008 4 December 2009 Kenya's Court of Appeal confirmed a murder conviction based purely on circumstantial evidence, because the facts ruled out every innocent ex
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Court of Appeal · Civil Appeal 227 of 2002 4 December 2009 Kenya's Court of Appeal refused to disturb a High Court judge's interim orders protecting a land buyer, because the bank showed no error of
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Court of Appeal · Civil Appeal 119 of 2002 4 December 2009 Kenya's Court of Appeal confirmed that loan security documents drawn by an advocate without a valid practising certificate are void, costing
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Court of Appeal · Criminal Appeal 286 of 2008 4 December 2009 Kenya's Court of Appeal freed two murder convicts because the key witness never named them, but upheld the third man's conviction on a singl
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Court of Appeal · Criminal Appeal 319 of 2007 20 November 2009 Kenya's Court of Appeal confirmed three robbery convictions, ruling it cannot overturn factual findings of two lower courts, only points of
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Court of Appeal · Civil Application No. Nai. 111 of 2009 20 November 2009 Kenya's Court of Appeal granted a litigant more time to appeal because his delay had a reasonable explanation, he acted diligently, and the
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Court of Appeal · Criminal Appeal 145 of 2006 20 November 2009 Kenya's Court of Appeal confirmed that second criminal appeals can only challenge errors of law, not retry facts already found by two lower
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Court of Appeal · Criminal Appeal 36 of 2008 20 November 2009 Kenya's Court of Appeal replaced a murder conviction and death sentence with manslaughter and eight years, ruling the killing happened durin
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Court of Appeal · Rule 4 Application dated 31st August 2009 (arising from High Court Civil Case No. 360 of 2003) 20 November 2009 Kenya's Court of Appeal dismissed a bid to revive a delayed appeal, ruling that unexplained delay and ignoring court orders will cost litiga
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Court of Appeal · Civil Appli 78 of 2009 (UR 47/2009) 20 November 2009 The Court of Appeal refused to stop the sale or interference with a Sh60 million property because an applicant must prove both grounds for a
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Court of Appeal · Civil Application No. Nai. 128 of 2009 (as arising from Civil Appeal No. 111 of 2009) 20 November 2009 Kenya's Court of Appeal allowed a late appeal because the 16-day delay had a reasonable explanation and the other side suffered no prejudice
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Court of Appeal · Civil Application Nai 251 of 2009 (as inferred from the application dated September 23, 2009; number not stated in the ruling) 20 November 2009 Kenya's Court of Appeal refused to suspend a custody order, ruling that winning an argument is not enough—you must prove waiting will cause
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