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A buyer who registered land without knowing of an earlier unregistered sale keeps the title, and a fraud claim failed because it was not str

The Environment and Land Court in Eldoret confirmed a landowner's title, voided a Gazette Notice cancellation, and evicted the deceased sell

A Kenyan court ruled that an arbitration clause in property leases cannot remove its jurisdiction, and parties who delay invoking arbitratio

Kenya's Environment and Land Court dismissed a landowner's appeal, confirming that court orders made without jurisdiction are void and canno

A Kenyan court refused to strike out a land appeal over missing documents, ruling the gap could be fixed by filing a supplementary record.

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

Kenya's Court of Appeal gave a prisoner more time to appeal because prison transfers delayed his paperwork and the State never disputed his

A Kenyan court ruled that a plaintiff cannot control who gets joined to a land dispute — necessary parties must be heard even against her wi

A Mombasa court cancelled a forged land title and ordered a Kshs 45 million buyer to return the property, ruling that a fake company's docum

Kenya's Environment and Land Court dismissed a bid to strike out a land appeal, confirming preliminary objections cannot rely on disputed fa

A Kenyan court struck out a defendant's affidavit sworn over video from Italy because it lacked the required electronic evidence certificate

A Kenyan court ruled that lodging a caution on land after cancelling a sale agreement is wrongful trespass, awarding Kshs 5 million in damag

A Kenyan land court refused to stop construction on disputed property because the real fight was over a will's distribution, which belongs i

The Kisii Environment and Land Court declared a landowner the rightful title holder, cancelled competing registrations, and voided a bank's

A Mombasa court paused enforcement of a land judgment pending appeal, but only if the losing side deposits Kshs. 1.5 million and accounts fo

A Kwale court let late applicants challenge a Kshs 4.1 million costs ruling, excusing their 34-day delay and freezing collection until the c

A Kenyan court ordered a telecom tower in Malindi demolished because the company built it before getting the required environmental licence.

A Kenyan court allowed two plaintiffs to drop their land case but made them pay the defendants' legal costs because the case was already rea

Kenya's Environment and Land Court dismissed attempts to strike out a land dispute early, ruling that limitation and res judicata claims nee

Kenya's Environment and Land Court ruled that landowners cannot lose their property through an adverse possession claim unless they are join

A Kenyan court refused to strike out land recovery suits on time limits because when the clock started is a disputed fact needing a full hea

A Mombasa court refused to reopen a 2019 land judgment, ruling the fresh attempt was an abuse of court process.

A Nairobi court ordered 37 people to demolish structures encroaching on private land within 14 days, confirming that registered title wins i

An Eldoret court blocked a man from entering or ploughing land he doesn't hold title to, confirming a title deed is strong proof of ownershi