ELC·ELC Petition No. E001 of 20237 October 2026 A Kenyan court gave Nyamira County more time to challenge a Ksh. 57.6 million legal fees bill, but refused to hand over the money yet.
civil procedureextension of timejudicial discretioncounty governmentpublic interest
ELC·ELC No. E198 of 20232 October 2026 A Kenyan court ruled that a party can demand original documents even late in a case, and each side must prove its own evidence.
evidencecivil procedureburden of proofland lawinterlocutory relief
ELC·Land Case E091 of 202629 September 2026 A Kenyan court refused to excuse a litigant from a costs order, ruling that blaming your advocate's inaction is not enough to reopen a case.
civil procedurejurisdictionjudicial discretion
ELC·Constitutional Petition No. 1 of 202628 September 2026 The Environment and Land Court in Homa Bay has stopped KeNHA from demolishing a Homa Bay property until the ownership dispute is fully heard
land lawhuman rightsinterlocutory reliefinjunctionconstitutional law
Court of Appeal·Civil Appeal 86 of 202025 September 2026 land lawadministrative lawjurisdictionfair hearingfair administrative action
ELC·ELC JR Application No. E002 of 202324 September 2026 A Kenyan court quashed a county's 14-day demolition notice because only the National Land Commission can order evictions from public land, a
judicial reviewland lawpublic landfair administrative actionlocus standi
ELC·Land Case No. E097 of 202524 September 2026 The Mombasa Environment and Land Court refused to stop KeNHA from demolishing structures in a road reserve because the occupants proved no o
land lawinjunctioninterlocutory reliefpublic landadministrative law
ELC·ELC Constitutional Petition No. E004 of 202524 September 2026 constitutional lawland lawpreliminary objectionfair administrative actionhuman rights
ELC·ELC Petition No. 35 of 201924 September 2026 The Environment and Land Court dismissed Chickoo Investments' bid to reclaim prime Nairobi land, ruling it failed to prove fraud or irregula
land lawadverse possessionconstitutional lawburden of prooflimitation of actions
ELC·ELCLPET/1/202424 September 2026 Kenya's Environment and Land Court confirmed it can fix wrong dates in judgments anytime under the slip rule, without reopening the whole ca
civil procedureland lawjudicial discretionstatutory interpretationjurisdiction
ELC·ELC Case No. 266 of 201821 September 2026 A Kenyan landowner who never filed a defence lost his chance to present evidence after the court refused to excuse years of inactivity.
civil procedureland lawjudicial discretionfair hearingburden of proof
ELC·Environment and Land Petition E009 of 202421 September 2026 Kenya's Environment and Land Court struck out a landowner's second petition over the same lease dispute, confirming you cannot re-litigate a
res judicataland lawconstitutional lawcivil procedureadverse possession
ELC·ELC E004 of 202117 September 2026 Kenya's anti-corruption agency lost its bid to cancel an Isiolo land title because it could not prove the land was reserved for a prison or
land lawpublic landburden of proofevidenceadministrative law
ELC·MISC. E314.2025-NBI17 August 2026 Kenya's Environment and Land Court threw out a wrongly calculated Kshs. 581,135 instruction fee award and ordered fresh taxation before a di
tax lawcivil procedurejurisdictionjudicial discretionstatutory interpretation
ELC·ELC MISC. No. E005 OF 202312 August 2026 Kenya's Environment and Land Court refused the National Land Commission more time to appeal a costs ruling, punishing a four-month, unexplai
extension of timecivil procedurelimitation of actionsjudicial discretionremedies
ELC·ELCL Misc No. E019 of 20264 August 2026 A Kenyan court struck out a self-help group's case because unregistered groups cannot sue in their own name—members must sue personally or t
locus standiland lawcivil procedurejurisdictionstriking out
ELC·ELCJR Case No. E014 of 202130 July 2026 A Kenyan court ordered the National Land Commission to finally decide a Syokimau residents' land complaint, ruling seven years of silence wa
judicial reviewland lawpublic landadministrative lawremedies
ELC·Not stated in the judgment text provided24 July 2026 Kenya's Environment and Land Court in Mombasa quashed a Land Registrar's cancellation of a Nyali title because the owner was never given a h
land lawfair administrative actionconstitutional lawhuman rightspublic land
ELC·ELC Petition No. E003 of 202222 July 2026 land lawconstitutional lawremediesdamagescounty government
ELC·Civil Appeal No. 8 of 201721 July 2026 Kajiado's Environment and Land Court reinstated 51 appellants' land appeal over SGR compensation, finding delays excusable despite oppositio
land lawcivil procedurejudicial discretionfunctus officioinordinate delay
ELC·Not stated in judgment10 July 2026 Kenya's Environment and Land Court struck out a land petition, ruling parties must use ordinary statutory remedies instead of constitutional
constitutional lawland lawcivil procedurejurisdictionpreliminary objection
ELC·Petition dated 3rd March 2025 (Machakos ELC)9 July 2026 Kenya's Environment and Land Court ruled that a registered society cannot sue in its own name, striking out Stony Athi Members Association's
land lawcivil procedurejurisdictionstriking outstatutory interpretation
ELC·Not stated in judgment (notice of motion dated 4-5-2026, amended 17-6-2026)6 July 2026 A Kenyan land court refused to pause a National Land Commission decision, ruling that all three legal conditions for a stay must be met toge
land lawadministrative lawjudicial reviewstay of executioncivil procedure
ELC·Not stated in judgment6 July 2026 The Environment and Land Court dismissed a defendant's attempt to strike out a land suit, confirming that objections relying on disputed fac
civil procedurepreliminary objectionstriking outland lawsuccession
Court of Appeal·Court of Appeal Appeal arising from the ELC reference dated 2nd August 2018 (memorandum of appeal dated 5th July 2019)3 July 2026 Kenya's Court of Appeal ruled land surrendered for schools becomes public land, so the owners' Kshs. 1.5 billion compensation claim fails.
land lawpublic landstatutory interpretationestoppelburden of proof