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A Mombasa court protected a landlord from rent collection by rivals but stopped short of deciding who truly owns the property.

Even a strong land dispute case can lose on injunction if the same property is already before another Kenyan court — join or stay that case

The Environment and Land Court in Kakamega dismissed a landowner's injunction bid because their land claim had already been decided in earli

Once a Kenyan court dismisses a lawsuit, temporary orders blocking land deals—like injunctions and inhibitions—automatically lose their forc

Kenya's Court of Appeal struck out an application for leave to appeal an interlocutory injunction because such appeals lie as of right and n

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 woman who openly lived on and farmed Ruiru land for nearly 40 years won ownership through adverse possession, even though the title was in

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

A Kenyan court confirmed that only the Land Registrar can fix land boundaries, and granted an injunction against a neighbour who encroached.

The Environment and Land Court in Makueni dismissed a family land claim, confirming that land bought during adjudication does not need succe

The court dismissed a land ownership challenge because the plaintiffs skipped the Land Adjudication Act's objection process and went straigh

A Makueni landowner won extra time to appeal, plus orders freezing land subdivision and title issuance until his appeal is heard.

The Makueni Environment and Land Court refused to join a man claiming land ownership to the case because he produced no real evidence of his

The Environment and Land Court in Eldoret confirmed a landowner's title, voided a Gazette Notice cancellation, and evicted the deceased sell

A Makueni landowner won extra time to appeal, a freeze on execution, and a bar on new land titles while his appeal is heard.

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

The Environment and Land Court dismissed Northview Estate residents' bid to stop apartment construction in Utawala, ruling their association

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 ruled that access to public parks is a constitutional right and ordered Central Park reopened immediately

The court let a pension scheme dispute proceed with an amended claim, but refused the injunction and document orders because the wrong legal

A Kenyan court ruled that an arbitration clause in property leases cannot remove its jurisdiction, and parties who delay invoking arbitratio

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