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A Nairobi court awarded a pedestrian Kshs.2.5 million after a reversing vehicle knocked him down, but cut his claimed expenses because they

A Nakuru court awarded a road accident victim KShs 450,000 after the defendants offered no evidence, but cut her medical expense claim to on

A Lamu landowner with a valid title still lost a trespass case because photographs alone couldn't prove the defendants' structures were on t

The Environment and Land Court dismissed a family's bid to stop Homa Bay ward offices being built on their land, because no expert survey pr

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

Kenya's Court of Appeal upheld a life sentence for robbery with violence, confirming that unexplained fingerprints at a crime scene can sust

Kenya's Court of Appeal confirmed that a land buyer who occupies land for over 12 years can claim ownership through adverse possession, even

A Kenyan court ruled that a party can demand original documents even late in a case, and each side must prove its own evidence.

Kenya's Environment and Land Court ruled that owning land alone doesn't prove trespass—you must show the intruding structure is actually on

Kenya's Environment and Land Court confirmed that a full-paying auction buyer can get a property title transferred even when the original ow

A Kenyan landowner's contempt case failed because he had no independent evidence of the boundary violation—affidavit claims alone cannot pro

A Kenyan landowner failed to prove a developer disobeyed a court order because his photos didn't show construction happened inside the prote

A Kenyan court has ruled that forgery claims need strong proof like a forensic report, not just a judge eyeballing signatures.

Kenya's Court of Appeal allowed a prisoner to appeal five years late, ruling that jail time and poverty can justify missing appeal deadlines

The Environment and Land Court in Kisumu upheld a landowner's title, ruling the claimant waited too long to sue and never proved fraud.

A Kenyan court dismissed a sugarcane damage claim because the farmer couldn't prove he owned the crop or who destroyed it.

A Kenyan court ruled that secretly recorded work conversations can be used as evidence if the recorder took part in the conversation.

A Kenyan title deed alone won't save your land if someone proves it was transferred to defeat an existing court order.

A Kenyan court ruled an employer's 'desertion' claim failed without evidence, awarding a laid-off worker Kshs. 62,656 for unfair termination

Kenya's Employment Court confirmed that an employee who deserts duty can be lawfully dismissed without a hearing.

Kenya's Court of Appeal threw out a land claim based on adverse possession because the claimant entered the land with permission and had occ

Kenya's Court of Appeal upheld a life sentence for defilement, confirming that mandatory minimum sentences under the Sexual Offences Act can