ELC·ELC/E084/202130 July 2026 land lawcivil procedureinterested partyfair hearingjoinder
ELC·ELC LPET NO. E003 OF 20241 July 2026 A Mwea land buyer with a real stake in a court dispute was still denied a seat in the case because he couldn't show his input would help res
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ELC·Notice of Motion dated 5th March, 202512 February 2026 Kenya's Environment and Land Court refused to add a land claimant to an ongoing suit because he showed no sale agreement or direct connectio
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ELC·Not stated in judgment (Notice of Motion dated 28th November 2024)14 February 2025 The Environment and Land Court in Nakuru dismissed four people's bid to join a concluded land case because they produced no proof they owned
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ELC·Notice of Motion dated 16th October 2023 (in ELC Petition filed 19th October 2020)20 January 2025 Kenya's Environment and Land Court refused to join seven applicants as interested parties because their claim simply copied the existing pet
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Supreme Court·Petition E009 of 20242 August 2024 The Chief Land Registrar cannot join a Supreme Court case just to add new evidence.
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ELC·Not stated in judgment25 July 2024 civil procedureevidenceinterested partyfair hearingjoinder
ELC·Not stated in judgment (application dated 14th December 2023 within a pending ELC suit)14 March 2024 Kenya's Environment and Land Court ruled that Kenya Railways Corporation must join a land dispute because it owns the property, even though
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Supreme Court·Application E026 of 202310 November 2023 Joining a case after judgment does not allow you to appeal to the Supreme Court.
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ELRC·Motion dated 9th June 2023 in Petition dated 16th May 202328 September 2023 Kenya's Employment Court ruled that 47 Turkana MCAs could join a petition and undid a deal their Speaker made without their consent.
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Supreme Court·Petition (Application) E005 of 202316 June 2023 Court blocks industry body from joining bank interest rate appeal.
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Supreme Court·Petition 9 (E011) of 20227 October 2022 Supreme Court strikes out appeal by interested parties who tried to become main parties.
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Supreme Court·Petition 19(E027) of 202119 May 2022 Supreme Court rejects NG-CDF Board's bid to join a case it was never part of.
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ELC·Not stated in excerpt (Petition at Kisumu)21 January 2022 Kenya's Environment and Land Court in Kisumu refused to let a litigant join public bodies to his land petition, holding only the bodies them
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ELRC·Petition No. E12 of 2021 (Notice of Motion application dated 3rd December 2021)20 December 2021 Kenya's Employment Court refused to add an 'interested party' to a Bungoma hiring dispute, ruling that public interest claims and even disho
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Supreme Court·Petition 12 (E016) of 20209 November 2021 Supreme Court dismisses PNU's bid to join constitutional case for lacking a distinct personal interest.
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Supreme Court·Petition 22 of 201723 January 2020 Parliamentary Service Commission can join a Supreme Court case on MPs' term limits.
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Supreme Court·Reference 1 of 201823 January 2020 You cannot seek dismissal of a case before you are officially joined as a party.
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Supreme Court·Petition (Application) 17 of 20178 May 2019 Court rejects bid to join case without showing personal stake or new arguments.
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Supreme Court·Petition 7 of 201828 September 2018 A running mate can join an election petition if directly affected by the outcome.
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Supreme Court·Petition 15 & 16 of 2015 (Consolidated)14 December 2017 Mandatory death sentence for murder in Kenya is unconstitutional; courts must now consider mitigating factors.
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Supreme Court·Presidential Election Petition 2 of 201714 November 2017 A voter cannot join an election petition just because they voted.
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Supreme Court·Presidential Election Petition 4 of 201714 November 2017 Presidential candidates directly affected by the petition can join as interested parties.
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Supreme Court·Presidential Election Petition 4 of 201714 November 2017 Joining a case as an interested party requires a specific stake, not just being a voter.
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Supreme Court·Presidential Election Petition 2 of 201714 November 2017 Voter's bid to join presidential election petition rejected for lack of identifiable stake.
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