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Kenya's Environment and Land Court ruled a wife's consent was needed to sell the family land, and the buyer failed to prove she was divorced

Kenya's Environment and Land Court ruled a buyer who traces land to its true original allottee beats a competing buyer with a weaker, unprov

Kenya's Environment and Land Court refused to step aside from a land dispute, ruling that disagreeing with a judge's earlier finding is not

A Kenyan court ruled that an estate administrator who loses a lawsuit must pay the legal costs personally, but the winning side's attempt to

The Environment and Land Court dismissed an appeal over a Ruiru plot, confirming that a buyer who traces her title through company records b

The Environment and Land Court in Garissa temporarily stopped quarrying on disputed Mandera land, but only for sixty days while the appeal i

A Kenyan court refused to pause a land judgment because the appellant showed no real evidence of the loss he claimed.

Kenya's Environment and Land Court dismissed a land appeal because the appellant filed an incomplete record, showing courts will not hear ap

A Kenyan court confirmed that plot cards and allotment letters are not proof of land ownership, dismissing the appeal with costs.

Kenya's Environment and Land Court dismissed a landowner's appeal, confirming that court orders made without jurisdiction are void and canno

A Kenyan landowner who builds on a neighbour's plot based on his own belief about the boundary lost his appeal and must pay costs.

A Kenyan court refused to strike out a land appeal over missing documents, ruling the gap could be fixed by filing a supplementary record.

A Kenyan court confirmed that a title deed alone doesn't prove land encroachment, and boundary disputes must first go to the Land Registrar,

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

Kenya's Court of Appeal allowed a prisoner to appeal ten years late, ruling that justice outweighs missed deadlines in criminal cases.

Kenya's Court of Appeal excused a two-year filing delay by imprisoned appellants, showing courts prioritise substantive justice over strict

The Environment and Land Court dismissed Lucky Kai's appeal, confirming that skipping your own trial hearing and failing to present evidence

Kenya's Environment and Land Court ruled that a preliminary objection cannot be used to decide disputed facts about land ownership, reviving

Kenya's Court of Appeal confirmed that an appeal does not die with a party — a properly appointed estate representative can be substituted i

Kenya's Environment and Land Court confirmed the landowner's title, dismissed the rival claim, and ordered the occupant to vacate after prop

The Environment and Land Court at Meru ordered a Kshs 100,000 court security deposit released, mostly to the respondent's advocates, after t

Kenya's Environment and Land Court cancelled a 2018 land title because it ignored a final 2006/2007 adjudication decision awarding the land