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A Kenyan land court refused to step aside from a case just because it had earlier ruled on a related dispute involving the same people and p

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

The Environment and Land Court at Kapsabet allowed ten family members claiming an interest in disputed land to join an ongoing case and sent

The High Court at Machakos sentenced a man to 30 years in prison for murdering an elderly woman, ruling that a missing pre-sentencing report

The Court of Appeal refused 93 former employees more time to appeal because waiting ten months without chasing their lawyer is not excusable

Kenya's Court of Appeal ruled that a buyer who paid in full and occupied agricultural land owns it, even without Land Control Board consent.

A Kenyan court allowed handwriting expert evidence mid-trial, confirming that a party can still strengthen its case before it closes.

The High Court sentenced three men to 25 years for murder, showing that the final penalty must balance the severity of the crime against all

A Kajiado court dismissed a landowner's bid to expand an injunction to a disputed plot portion, ruling that claims cannot exceed what was pl

Kenya's Environment and Land Court confirmed that without a letter of allotment and registration, a group has no legal claim to land.

Kenya's High Court struck out a landowner's challenge to a land adjudication decision because he filed it over five years late, missing a st

Kenya's Court of Appeal struck out a liquidator's refund claim as res judicata, but a company fighting a 25-year-old land deposit dispute st

A Kenyan court stopped a company from evicting over 3,000 people, holding that even a winning land decree must follow eviction laws, includi

Supreme Court allows friend-of-the-court brief from Katiba Institute on state obligations in sexual violence cases.

Supreme Court dismisses review bid, warns against using review as a disguised appeal.

The Environment and Land Court in Kilgoris dismissed a land petition because it had no power to reopen a Court of Appeal consent order.

A Kenyan landowner whose land was allegedly taken by a government entity can sue by constitutional petition, not just an ordinary trespass s

The High Court refused to let a litigant file his appeal 20 months late because his explanations for the delay were inconsistent and his med

Kenya's Court of Appeal allowed the Swedish Embassy to take a diplomatic immunity employment dispute to the Supreme Court, but refused to pa

Kenya's Court of Appeal granted a life-sentence prisoner more time to appeal, confirming that imprisonment and reliance on others can excuse

Kenya's Court of Appeal struck out Kenya Power's appeal because it was filed 14 months late without first asking for an extension of time.

The Thika court refused to strike out a land petition but paused it until a related Kiambu case over the same property is decided.

A Kenyan court allowed a company claiming ownership of disputed land to join a case as an interested party, ruling its directors' involvemen

Two brothers lost their land case entirely because they sued over their late mother's property without first obtaining letters of administra

A Kenyan court refused to allow new evidence on appeal because it contradicted a settlement the applicant had already accepted.