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Kenya's Environment and Land Court dismissed a society's third attempt to stop eviction, ruling the matter was already decided and compensat

Kenya's Employment Court struck out a public interest challenge to a state corporation CEO appointment, ruling such petitions belong in the

Kenya's Court of Appeal allowed an appeal filed eight years late because the delay was not the applicant's fault, confirming that a good exp

Kenya's Court of Appeal confirmed it cannot review its own judgments under civil procedure rules; aggrieved parties must go to the Supreme C

The Court of Appeal refused to revive a 12-year-old criminal appeal because the applicant offered no explanation for the delay and no proof

A Kenyan court ruled that unpaid wages forced an employee to resign, awarding her nearly Kshs. 1 million from her employer only.

A Makueni court allowed defendants to add key land documents mid-trial because the plaintiff's own testimony opened the door, and any unfair

Kenya's Environment and Land Court dismissed a landowner's suit because it repeated a claim already decided, warning that old judgments cann

The Court of Appeal refused to let this land dispute reach the Supreme Court, ruling that private title disagreements are not matters of gen

Kenya's Environment and Land Court ruled that res judicata claims need evidence, so they cannot be raised as preliminary objections to dismi

Kenya's Court of Appeal struck out a stay application, confirming it cannot stop execution of its own delivered judgment when no appeal is p

Kenya's Court of Appeal allowed a death-row inmate to appeal 12 years late, ruling that incarceration hurdles can justify delayed appeals.

The Environment and Land Court dismissed a late-filed land appeal in Nakuru, confirming that missed appeal deadlines and missing allotment d

The Court of Appeal refused Kwale Sugar permission to take its insolvency fight to the Supreme Court, so EPCO's debt claim must first be reh

The court struck out a land claim because an earlier case already decided the same issue, and the claimant must enforce that earlier ruling

Kenya's Court of Appeal refused to let the DPP revive the Monson case because a two-year delay was never properly explained.

A Kenyan land court allowed a family member occupying disputed land to join the case as a party, not just a witness, protecting his trust cl

Kenya's Court of Appeal ruled that pension disputes can't decide whether someone's job termination was lawful — only the Employment and Labo

A Kenyan landowner's adverse possession claim survived an attempt to strike it out, but the case is paused until an earlier rent dispute ove

The Environment and Land Court struck out a land appeal because the appellant ignored repeated court deadlines on filing documents, and she

Kenya's Court of Appeal reinstated a landowner's lawsuit, ruling that claims of res judicata cannot be decided through preliminary objection

The Embu Land Court ruled that family land in Embu is held under a customary trust, letting eight relatives challenge a widow's registered t

Kenya's Court of Appeal ruled it cannot re-hear a sentence it already decided, dismissing a prisoner's second bid to cut his 40-year term.

Kenya's Court of Appeal refused to revive a 14-year-old dormant lawsuit, confirming that unexplained delays in prosecuting a case can perman