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Kenya's Court of Appeal confirmed that unpaid fees claims must be filed within six years, and suing in the wrong court doesn't pause that cl

A Kenyan court allowed a plaintiff to drop a company from a land case after its director died, ruling substitution was unnecessary and reser

A Kenyan land court refused to merge two lawsuits over the same property, saying one case was enough, but allowed extra documents and witnes

A Kenyan land buyer lost her appeal because her written agreement named a different plot than the one she claimed, and courts enforce what c

Kenya's Environment and Land Court dismissed a land ownership suit because the same dispute had already been decided, confirming that litiga

A Kenyan court froze all dealings on two land parcels after finding the same property may have been allocated to two different owners.

The Court of Appeal refused Samaki Industries permission to take its case to the Supreme Court because the legal question raised was never a

Kenya's Environment and Land Court reinstated a petition dismissed when counsel missed the hearing, accepting a power outage explanation and

The High Court of Kenya dismissed a bid to strike out an application because its supporting affidavit was sworn three days before it, ruling

The Environment and Land Court in Busia dismissed a bid to overturn a land tribunal's award because the applicants waited nine years, well b

A Kenyan landowner's bid to jail a rival for contempt failed because the judgment being enforced had been lawfully stayed pending appeal.

Kenya's Court of Appeal struck out an appeal because the notice of appeal was filed a year late without leave, ending the case on procedure.

Kenya's Employment Court let Printwell Industries appeal a wrongful termination award late, but only after depositing the full decretal amou

Kenya's Environment and Land Court allowed Nairobi Water to join a land suit as a necessary party, confirming companies are separate from th

The Employment Court refused to set aside a default judgment, finding the company was properly served and its application cited the wrong le

A Kenyan court confirmed that anyone can freely withdraw their own lawsuit at any time before judgment, with courts only deciding who pays c

A Kenyan court allowed a plaintiff to amend his claim even after evidence closed, confirming that late amendments are allowed if the other s

A Kenyan court struck out a landlord's eviction application because final orders like eviction cannot be sought through a miscellaneous appl

The Employment Court refused to pause a Kshs 131,967 judgment because the appellant offered no real evidence the money couldn't be refunded

A Kenyan court blocked land plaintiffs from withdrawing their case, ruling that you cannot abandon a suit to dodge an opponent's pending app

When a plaintiff suing on behalf of a deceased person's estate dies, only administrators of that same estate can take over the case in Kenya

Kenya's Employment Court threw out a Kshs 3.24 million award for retirement on medical grounds, ruling compensation cannot extend to retirem

Kenya's Employment Court corrected a maths error in a redundancy payout but refused extra NSSF and NHIF deductions the employer hadn't justi

A Kenyan court let a company pay a Ksh 5.7 million legal fees debt in installments, but on stricter terms than it asked for because it had p