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Kenya's Court of Appeal protected Korogocho residents from eviction and demolition, ruling long occupation with Government approval raised s

Kenya's Court of Appeal confirmed employers can appeal Industrial Court decisions directly, and missing deadlines can be forgiven when appea

Kenya's Court of Appeal upheld a murder conviction, ruling that one flawed identification does not derail a case when other witnesses and ba

Kenya's Court of Appeal confirmed that a criminal conviction stands even where language rights were violated, if the accused actively partic

Kenya's Court of Appeal quashed bribery convictions because investigators skipped a mandatory step: reporting their findings to the Attorney

Kenya's Court of Appeal ruled that attempted defilement carries a maximum of seven years, so an 18-year sentence was illegal and the appella

Kenya's Court of Appeal confirmed that being acquitted in a criminal traffic case does not protect you from being found liable in a civil da

Kenya's Court of Appeal excused a six-day filing delay, confirming that short, well-explained lateness can be forgiven when correcting regis

Kenya's Court of Appeal restored an MP's seat, ruling that not every election irregularity nullifies a vote—only serious ones that actually

Kenya's Court of Appeal refused to forgive a 14-month appeal delay, showing that poverty alone is not a valid excuse for missing court deadl

Kenya's Court of Appeal refused to delay a family estate distribution because the applicants waited thirteen years and their orders had been

The Court of Appeal refused to hear new evidence on appeal because the family could not explain why they hadn't presented it during the orig

The Court of Appeal ruled you cannot force a party to abandon an appeal when court delays, not their inaction, explain the delay.

Kenya's Court of Appeal confirmed it will not overturn a single Judge's refusal to extend appeal time unless the judge made a legal error—no

Kenya's Court of Appeal halted a transfer of property management made without notice, letting the original manager continue if he files mont

Kenya's Court of Appeal ruled you cannot get a stay of a dismissal order, and you must specifically ask for—and prove—any status quo order.

Kenya's Court of Appeal ruled an 11-year-old injured by a car was at most half to blame and awarded her Sh600,000 in damages.

The Court of Appeal struck out an appeal because you cannot appeal an order you asked for yourself — a costly lesson in choosing the right d

Kenya's Court of Appeal ruled that a lawsuit wrongly dismissed because of delays caused by the magistrate's death deserves a second chance.

In Kenya, your lawyer stays legally on record until you formally file a notice of change, so court documents served on them still count even

Even when an employer retires an employee based on a false medical report, Kenyan courts limit compensation to contractual entitlements, not

Kenya's Court of Appeal halted distribution of a family estate pending appeal, because subdividing the land first would make winning the app

The Court of Appeal ruled that serving court papers on an adult family member counts as valid service, and waiting 21 years to challenge a j

The Court of Appeal refused to halt enforcement of a land judgment because the appellant appealed the wrong decision and acted too late.

The Court of Appeal confirmed that Kenyan courts will not stop a sale of land by injunction unless you first go back to court and challenge