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A Kenyan court ruled a teacher's dismissal unfair because his school never invited him to a disciplinary hearing or let him question his acc
A Kenyan court ordered land sellers who took full payment but never transferred the land to refund everything, pay extra damages, and stop s
Kenya's Employment Court ruled that embassy staff hired locally can sue their embassy employer despite diplomatic immunity claims.
A Kenyan court allowed an employee's pension claim against Postal Corporation of Kenya to proceed, rejecting arguments that insolvency proce
A Kenyan court confirmed it can hear disputes over staff school-fee benefits, but ruled the subsidy ends when employment ends.
Kenya's Court of Appeal dismissed South Nyanza Sugar's appeal because it raised the capacity-to-sue argument too late, confirming you cannot
A Kenyan court ruled that judicial review challenges to dismissal decisions must be filed within six months, and employment disputes cannot
Kenya's Environment and Land Court stopped a deceased seller's family from occupying land a buyer claims, ruling that defences like res judi
A Mombasa court ordered a long-time occupier to vacate within 90 days, but refused to cancel the underlying lease because the deceased lesse
The court ruled Kisumu County wrongly deducted tax from a court award, must pay the remaining Kshs. 120,692.76 within 30 days, or face jail
If you default on a loan secured by property, the court will likely uphold the bank's right to sell the asset if they follow the Land Act ru
Kenya's High Court ruled that a debtor's written acknowledgement of a debt and issued cheques restart the six-year clock for suing over unpa
A Kenyan High Court confirmed an estate grant, excluded land the deceased validly gave away while alive, and turned a land buyer into a paid
Fixed-term contracts end when the time runs out; a company can legally choose not to renew, even if you believe the agreement is still activ
Kenya's Environment and Land Court struck out a debt-recovery suit, ruling it had no power to hear commercial loan claims and refusing to tr
Kenya's High Court ruled that a truck buyer who stopped paying after accidents still owes the bank, and repossession without a court order w
Kenya's High Court revoked a succession grant because the administrator hid an entire family house, undisclosed assets and a known sale, ord
The Court of Appeal halted collection of a Kshs. 534.5 million judgment against NW Realite, conditional on a Kshs. 200 million bank guarante
The High Court upheld a company's three-year debarment from Kenyan public procurement, ruling that going to court does not replace respondin
The High Court struck out an engineer's challenge to IEK elections because he first had to use the institution's internal dispute process.
The High Court dismissed Buffalo Productions' challenge to a procurement review ruling, confirming that Kenyan judicial review cannot be use
You must exhaust the official government compensation process before filing a lawsuit over wildlife damage in Kenya.
Directors are generally protected from personal debt unless they can be proven to have committed serious fraud or misconduct.
Arbitration clauses do not automatically stop Kenyan courts; failure to formally invoke arbitration means the court has jurisdiction.