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Courts in Kenya generally cannot extend the statutory time limit to file a lawsuit for land claims, even if you discover the issue later.

Existing laws governing property limits, such as adverse possession, are valid under the Constitution, provided they pre-date 2010.

You cannot use missing court files or long delays to restart a lawsuit if the original claim was already past its legal deadline.

If you file a lawsuit late, the court may still allow it if you meet the legal criteria and the filing error is minor.

The High Court of Kenya may allow you to file a lawsuit even if the statutory time limit has passed, provided you meet specific legal criter

The High Court refused to let a fraud case proceed late because the applicants couldn't show they only recently discovered key facts.

Failing to attach a certified extract of title when filing a legal claim is a mandatory procedural error that can lead to your entire case b

Kenya's High Court allowed a landowner to pursue recovery of land taken for public works 21 years earlier, accepting illness as a valid reas

A Kenyan court stopped a landowner from evicting or selling disputed land while a man who has occupied it since 1978 pursues his ownership c

A Kenyan High Court threw out both applications to extend filing time because of duplicate filings, an undated affidavit, and the wrong proc

A Makueni court has temporarily blocked the National Land Commission from implementing recommendations that would have forced a landowner to

Kenya's Employment Court ruled that a time-bar defence based on disputed promises to pay must be proven with evidence at trial, not struck o

A Homa Bay court protected a family's 26-year occupation of disputed land but refused to halt succession proceedings, ruling each court must

A Kenyan court dismissed a family's medical negligence claim over a loved one's death, ruling that a bad medical outcome alone does not prov

A Kenyan court ruled that someone who openly occupies and farms land for over 12 years without the owner's objection can legally become its

A Kenyan court dismissed a woman's 40-year land claim because she couldn't prove her occupation was without the owner's permission.

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 that water disputes involving trespass, property damage or constitutional violations can go straigh

A Kenyan court struck out a widow's attempt to enforce a Kshs 1.3 million workplace death award because she filed 12 years too late without

A Kenyan land court struck out a machinery company from a trespass suit, refused contempt findings, and froze all activity on the disputed A

Kenya's Employment Court dismissed a worker's constitutional petition over a 2021 dismissal, warning that ordinary employment disputes canno

Kenya's Environment and Land Court confirmed magistrates cannot decide adverse possession claims, striking out a widow's land ownership suit

A Homa Bay court confirmed that 50 years of open occupation gave a family ownership of land, even though the registered owner held the title

A Kenyan court struck out a gratuity claim filed 23 years late, confirming that delay in filing employment claims cannot be excused.

Kenya's Employment Court dismissed a challenge to Nyamira Water Company's recruitment, ruling the process was transparent and lawful, so hir