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A Siaya land court struck out an entire estate dispute because the defendant was sued on behalf of a deceased's estate without letters of ad

A Kakamega court allowed an estate to join a land dispute as defendants but refused to make land registry officials parties just to produce

Kenya's Environment and Land Court allowed a man with no registered title to join a land case as a defendant because his presence helps the

The Environment and Land Court in Kitale refused to reopen a concluded land case, telling the self-help group to file a fresh suit instead.

A Malindi court refused to reopen a decided land case because the applicant waited too long and could not prove his own stake in the propert

A Kenyan court refused to order a bank to account for an alleged property sale due to lack of proof, but ordered the bank to release updated

A Kenyan court confirmed that a land buyer in open possession holds overriding rights that defeat later registered titles, even from success

A Kenyan court cannot evict anyone through a simple application — eviction must be formally pleaded in a proper lawsuit first.

Kenya's Environment and Land Court allowed a landowner to add a witness late in trial, saying fairness in high-stakes land cases outweighs p

A Kenyan court ordered reluctant land sellers to complete a property sale, but only once the buyer paid the outstanding Kshs 1 million balan

Kenya's Environment and Land Court ruled that registered landowners must be joined in adverse possession suits because any court order will

A Kenyan landowner's adverse possession claim survived an attempt to strike it out, but the case is paused until an earlier rent dispute ove

The Environment and Land Court in Kitale ruled that once a land dispute is finally decided, latecomers cannot be added as parties or reopen

A Kenyan court threw out a company's land claim because the company had been dissolved decades ago, and confirmed the defendant owns half th

Kenya's Environment and Land Court in Meru ruled that a court-appointed guardian keeps legal authority to sue until a court cancels that app

A Kenyan court dismissed both a squatters' adverse possession claim and a company's Sh2 billion land claim, ruling that neither held enforce

Kenya's Environment and Land Court dismissed an attempt to review its earlier ruling, holding that an appearance by the Attorney General cou

A Kenyan court cancelled a land title obtained through a backdated allotment letter, awarding the property to a deceased man's estate instea

A Machakos court cancelled land subdivisions made while a case was ongoing, confirming that buyers during litigation gain no rights in Kenya

A Kenyan court struck out a land suit because the plaintiff never served summons in time, confirming suits die automatically when deadlines

A Kenyan company that was gazetted as wound up in 2013 cannot join a lawsuit or defend itself until that winding-up notice is officially voi

A Kenyan land court allowed a buyer to be added to an ongoing suit but refused a second attempt at a property injunction already decided ear

The Eldoret Land Court let a family add new parties to their land case but refused to freeze the disputed properties because they lacked doc

The Machakos Environment and Land Court cancelled a landowner's lease certificate after finding her title was fraudulently acquired, confirm