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Kenya's Environment and Land Court sent a property dispute to arbitration because the sale agreement's arbitration clause had to be used fir

A Meru landowner abandoned his land case mid-trial and must pay the government defendants' costs, ending the dispute without a judgment.

Kenya's Environment and Land Court confirmed it had jurisdiction over a Kshs 7.15 million land dispute but chose to transfer the case to the

A Kenyan court ruled that a land dispute is not automatically barred just because someone else previously litigated over the same parcel of

Withdrawing a land case in Kenya does not shield you from paying the other side's legal costs once they have already defended the suit.

A Kenyan court threw out a magistrate's land ruling because magistrates cannot decide adverse possession claims—only the Environment and Lan

Kenya's Environment and Land Court ruled you cannot be forced to exhaust an appeal route that doesn't exist yet, so the quarry dispute proce

An Eldoret court discharged an interim land order after discovering the application it was based on was never actually filed.

A Kenyan land court ruled that withdrawing a lawsuit doesn't let you walk away free — the plaintiff must pay the defendants' legal costs.

A Kenyan court ruled that when land ownership is disputed, the Succession Court must pause distribution—not the Land Court pausing its case.

A Meru court let a landowner withdraw an injunction application, but kept the costs question open until the main land case is decided.

A 15-year-old Ksh 56 billion land compensation case will continue where it stopped, and the government's very late evidence was still allowe

Twenty-six community members withdrew their land appeal against a school board, and the court confirmed anyone can freely withdraw a case be

When a sole applicant dies, their family must substitute the estate within 12 months or the case dies with them.

Withdrawing an appeal in Kenya doesn't shield you from paying the other side's legal costs once they've already responded through a lawyer.

Kenya's Environment and Land Court allowed a late-filed affidavit because the missed deadline was set by the court, not by law.

Kenya's Environment and Land Court ruled it cannot hear an electricity billing dispute, transferring the case to the High Court because the

A Kajiado court refused to fast-track a landowner's eviction case against a school because the same land is already disputed in an earlier l

A Kajiado court has set the hearing order for four consolidated land disputes, requiring all parties to exchange trial bundles within 30 day