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A Kenyan court let a villa owner reclaim a leased chalet and recover over Euro 15,000 in unpaid fees because the tenant never responded.

A Kenyan court gave a villa owner back their property and unpaid fees after the tenant ignored the lease and never defended the case.

A Kenyan land buyer who proved a proper purchase and registration won a court declaration of ownership, but got no damages because no one wa

The High Court refused a temporary injunction because the land-seeker could not show a genuine, arguable ownership claim over a disputed Eas

A landowner who lost an earlier case and withdrew its appeal cannot restart the same fight in a new court application, especially after the

The High Court in Malindi refused to pause a lower court land case, telling the applicants to argue their points there and appeal if they lo

Kenya's High Court cancelled a 1996 land vesting order because the property owner was never properly served with court papers before judgmen

A Kenyan landowner lost his case permanently because he stopped following it up, and the court refused to revive it.

A Kenyan land court cancelled ex parte injunctions because the applicants hid an earlier case over the same property — honesty with the cour

Kenya's High Court ruled that a county public service board chairman can only be removed for constitutional reasons, quashing Embu County's

The High Court in Malindi refused to jail 500-plus farmers for contempt because the applicant could not prove they actually knew about the c

A Kenyan mother holding family land in trust for her children got court approval to sell part of it, provided at least half the proceeds buy

A Kenyan wife stopped her husband from selling their matrimonial land because spousal rights protect her even though the title is in his nam

Kenya's High Court confirmed supplementary affidavits can include new facts not in the plaint, as long as they are relevant and not scandalo

A Kenyan court ruled that a deceased person's estate, not the administrator personally, pays suit costs, and arrest warrants must follow the

An Eldoret court cancelled an injunction it had earlier granted because the landowner was never properly told about the hearing date.

The Environment and Land Court refused to fast-track a landowner's possession claim because competing titles over the same parcel must be re

A Malindi court evicted occupiers who broke their written promise to vacate land and awarded the owner damages for destroyed crops.

A Kenyan court ruled that losing an earlier land case on a technicality does not stop Kenya Railways from filing the same case again.

Kenya's High Court struck out a property seller's defence because it raised no real issues, ordering the seller to complete the sale and pay

A Kenyan court allowed a late application to replace a deceased defendant in a land suit because no one objected and no one would be harmed.

A Kenyan land buyer who holds a registered title can block a seller from re-entering the property with a court injunction until the dispute