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A Kenyan court declined urgent status for a man's request to pay advocate fees in instalments, ordering a full hearing instead — a warning t

The High Court at Chuka declined to grant an urgent stay of execution ex parte, ordering proper service and a full hearing on 27th January 2

A Kenyan court confirmed you cannot pursue review and appeal of the same judgment at once — once you appeal, review is off the table.

A son who claimed family land was sold without his family's rights lost because he had no proof the land was ancestral or held in trust.

A Siaya family won ownership of 3.5 acres after living on it openly for nearly 40 years without the owner's permission.

A Kenyan court cancelled a land title obtained through fraud, returning the property to the deceased owner's son.

Kenya's Environment and Land Court quashed a Minister's land appeal decision because the appeal was filed years past the 60-day legal deadli

Kenya's Environment and Land Court refused to throw out a land dispute, ruling that beneficial ownership claims need a full hearing with evi

A Kenyan land court refused to strike out a suit where the plaintiff claims beneficial ownership, ruling that such claims need evidence, not

An Embu court refused a landowner's late appeal and stay of execution because she delayed without explanation, misled the court on dates, an

A Kenyan court refused to punish a man for contempt or order his son's exhumation because the other side couldn't prove the court order was

A Kenyan court struck out a land dispute because the plaintiffs sued an unregistered church directly instead of naming its officials or trus

A Kenyan court refused to stop a company collecting rent from land owned by 18 people because the owners can be paid back in money later.

Kenya's Environment and Land Court cancelled titles bought from a fraudster, confirming that a fraudulent title transfers nothing to buyers.

Kenya's Environment and Land Court dismissed a judge's recusal application, confirming that bare allegations and pending JSC complaints are

A Kenyan court confirmed that temporary land injunctions expire automatically, and land registries cannot keep enforcing long-dead court ord

A Kenyan land court set aside orders made when lawyers missed a hearing due to Nairobi's matatu ban, confirming courts will protect the righ

Kenya's Environment and Land Court confirmed that a registered title holder wins against trespassers, who must demolish their structures and

A Nairobi court blocked a bank from auctioning a widow's home because the man who transferred and charged it had no valid claim to the decea

A Kenyan land court threw out defendants' objections, ruling arguments needing evidence must be raised by motion, not preliminary objection.

A Kenyan court dismissed a land buyer's claim because he had no written, signed sale agreement or other proof of purchase.

The Environment and Land Court dismissed a family's claim that land was fraudulently transferred, because fraud allegations must be proved t