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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.

Filing an appeal does not stop eviction in Kenya — only a granted stay of execution does, so occupants must obtain one or face removal.

Kenya's Court of Appeal ruled that legal fees are based on the judgment amount, and lawyers get paid even if a court later lacks jurisdictio

A Kenyan court ruled that someone living on family land holds a customary trust, and a buyer who never visited the land loses protection.

Kenya's Environment and Land Court cancelled a land title obtained irregularly, confirming that a registered owner must still prove how they

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

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

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

A Kenyan court refused to revive a land suit that automatically died one year after the plaintiff's death because the family delayed substit

A Kenyan court declared four land title deeds forgeries, evicted occupants, and awarded a government corporation Kshs. 10 million for trespa

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

The Environment and Land Court in Meru dismissed a man's attempt to overturn a judgment for the second time, ruling you cannot get the same

A Nairobi land court dismissed a community's claim to parcels with registered titles because the group produced no allocation documents, occ

The Environment and Land Court refused to re-open a concluded land case, ruling that parties cannot fix weak evidence after closing their ca

An Isiolo court dismissed a landowner's trespass suit because he produced no title documents, and declared his neighbour the rightful owner

Kenya's Environment and Land Court refused to add a new landowner to a long-running land case, confirming courts resist late joinder that wo

The Kisumu Environment and Land Court refused to pause execution of a judgment cancelling a lakeside plot title because the appeal notice wa

The court refused to pause an eviction order because the applicant only claimed he would suffer loss without explaining what that loss actua

Kenya's Malindi Environment and Land Court ruled that fraud, collusion or mistake allegations against a consent judgment must be fully heard

A Kenyan court cancelled a land title because the owner waited 22 years to accept the allotment letter, which had long expired.