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Even in urgent land disputes, the High Court of Kenya may require all parties to be heard before granting immediate relief.

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

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

A Kenyan court threw out a union's application because it was never anchored on a properly filed petition, so no injunctions protecting coun

The Court of Appeal in Nyeri refused to stop a family's eviction from land their late father sold, because they proved neither an arguable a

The Employment Court refused to halt Tourism Fund's Deputy Director recruitment because the applicant provided no evidence, only allegations

The High Court of Kenya has confirmed that hospitals cannot hold a deceased person's body hostage to force payment of an unpaid hospital bil

Kenya's High Court ruled that the Speaker of the National Assembly can stay in a constitutional petition challenging the IEBC, because misjo

Kenya's High Court has barred MCSK from collecting royalties or acting as a licensed copyright body until its appeal is decided.

The High Court refused to jail a company director for contempt, allowed the company to amend its defence, and rejected a demand for Kshs. 20

A Kenyan land buyer's bid to have a co-owner's name removed from Ardhisasa failed because the court won't grant final relief before a full h

Kenya's High Court allowed the NTSA e-Logbook rollout to continue but ordered that existing physical logbooks remain valid until the full ca

A Kenyan court allowed a third party to be joined in a loan dispute but refused to shift liability or enter judgment before the main case is

Administrators must reconcile company debts and report their findings, but the court will not freeze bank accounts or stop asset seizures.

The court granted a temporary injunction to protect estate property, ruling that procedural objections like missing parties do not stop the

The Court of Appeal refused to pause a High Court order for forensic examination of documents in a succession dispute, because the applicant

Kenya's Court of Appeal let a property investor add forgotten appeal grounds — honest mistakes can be fixed before a hearing if no one is ha

A property caution alone is not enough to stop an estate sale; you must prove a clear, active dispute over ownership.

Arbitration clauses do not automatically stop Kenyan courts; failure to formally invoke arbitration means the court has jurisdiction.

Dropping one claim doesn't automatically end the case; the court will only dismiss the suit if no valid legal issues remain against any defe

A Kenyan court struck out a county government's land case because it was started with the wrong document, proving procedure still matters de

A Kenyan court dismissed a landowner's injunction bid because he mixed final demands with interim ones, hid an acquittal, and targeted a par