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Kenya's Employment Court struck out a public interest challenge to a state corporation CEO appointment, ruling such petitions belong in the

Once a Kenyan court has settled a constitutional question, you cannot re-litigate the same issue, even if the law changes.

Administrators must hold inherited property strictly in trust for all beneficiaries, not for their own personal gain.

Kenya's High Court revoked a succession grant because the administrator hid an entire family house, undisclosed assets and a known sale, ord

A Kenyan High Court split a family farm equally between two heirs, voided a pre-succession land sale, and made the petitioner pay for the re

The High Court of Kenya confirmed it can hear claims even when the amount claimed could also go to a lower court.

Kenya's Environment and Land Court refused to add 23 family members to an estate lawsuit because they had no administration grant and no pro

A Kenyan land court struck out two defendants because the lawsuit against them had no substance, showing courts will protect wrongly joined

If your assets are frozen under anti-corruption laws, you must prove the money is clean, not just that you need it for bills.

You cannot use the Bill of Rights to force an insurance company to pay a claim; contractual disputes must be handled in civil court.

Contracts that violate Kenya's Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Act are legally invalid, regardless of other agreements made.

A Kenyan landowner whose land was allegedly taken by a government entity can sue by constitutional petition, not just an ordinary trespass s

The Environment and Land Court reinstated a land suit dismissed after lawyers missed a hearing date, but only if the plaintiffs pay Kshs. 30

The Kisii Land Court overturned eviction orders made without a proper hearing, ruling surveyors' reports alone cannot decide land disputes o

The High Court ruled that the DCI cannot indefinitely restrict someone's land or hold their title deed without notice, reasons, or a deadlin

The Kitana Environment and Land Court refused to protect a farmers' co-operative occupying land it hadn't paid for, dismissing their injunct

Kenya's Environment and Land Court ruled that claims that a case is a repeat of an earlier one cannot be used as a shortcut to end suits wit

A Kenyan court cancelled a family land title because the owner could not prove it was lawfully transferred from their deceased father's esta

The Environment and Land Court in Kwale struck out a constitutional petition against a bank's land auction, ruling ordinary land disputes be

The Environment and Land Court in Kericho ruled that a land dispute was not barred by an earlier case, so the lawsuit will now go to full tr

A Kenyan magistrate's court ruled it cannot hear property-rights challenges to seized documents — those claims belong in the High Court.

A Kenyan court refused to remove an estate administrator from a land dispute because he hadn't finished administering the estate.