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A Kenyan court varied a consent order because blocking a defendant's counter-claim would deny justice, despite no proof of fraud.

A registered lease certificate beats an allotment letter: the court confirmed the owner's title, evicted the occupier, and awarded Kshs. 200

A man who occupied and ran a business on land for 17 years won ownership in Kenya's land court through adverse possession, despite not holdi

A Kenyan land dispute over family property failed because neither side brought the documents proving who owned what — both claims were dismi

Kenya's Environment and Land Court upheld a registered landowner's title, ordering eviction after the defendants failed to prove fraud or cu

A registered Kenyan title holder won eviction of long-term occupants because their family land sale was never completed or legally approved.

A Kenyan court restored a landowner's lease after officials silently re-allocated his plot, ruling they had to decide and explain his extens

A registered owner lost his land because he waited over 12 years to sue someone already living on it — the occupier now owns it by adverse p

An Eldoret court ruled a registered landowner actually held half his land in trust for a long-term occupier, who could not be evicted.

The court paused execution of a land judgment, but only because the applicant agreed to deposit Kshs. 1,050,000 as security within 21 days.

A Kenyan court ruled that being the registered landowner is not enough — the owner must still respect family trust arrangements proven by lo

A Kenyan court dismissed a wife's bid to stop a bank auction because her claims had already been decided in an earlier case involving her hu

The court refused to let defendants chase a company's directors for a land sale the company itself made—sue the right legal entity, on time.

A Kenyan court confirmed a registered land owner's title, ordered a former sister-in-law to vacate within 60 days, but refused compensation

Kenyan courts can force land adjudication officers to issue consent when they stay silent, opening the way for landowners to sue to recover

A Nairobi court found three parties in contempt for ignoring land injunction orders, but refused jail terms until they appear for mitigation

A Meru court ruled that buyers who openly occupied land for over 12 years owned it, cancelling a subdivision made while the case was pending

Kenya's Environment and Land Court struck out a land dispute suit because the same fight was already before the Machakos High Court — file o

If a land seller delays giving you your lease and you're forced to sue, the court can order them to pay your legal costs even after they com

A Kenyan court struck out a land judicial review case because the applicant failed to attach the actual decision he was challenging to his c

A Kenyan court approved a grandfather's plan to exchange land held in trust for his young grandchildren, confirming minors must hold land th

Once a Kenyan tribunal award is adopted as a court judgment, the case is over—further hearings are void, and parties must live with that awa

A Kenyan land court ruled that the current registered owner of disputed property must be joined to the case, even after another party's tran

An appeal fails if you ignore court orders to file submissions — the original judgment stands and you pay the other side's costs.