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Kenya's Environment and Land Court ruled that access to public parks is a constitutional right and ordered Central Park reopened immediately

A buyer who delayed paying for Nakuru land lost its entire claim because it couldn't prove its damages, even though the seller also breached

A Siaya court ruled that a land caution filed without proof of any real claim is unlawful, and undoing it mid-suit doesn't end the case.

A Kenyan court cut a legal costs bill by over Kshs 66,000, ruling lawyers cannot charge 'getting-up fees' when a case ends without a trial.

The Environment and Land Court dismissed a land dispute appeal as pointless because the underlying case had already been decided, confirming

The Environment and Land Court in Kwale dismissed landowners' bid to evict occupants, ruling that disputed ownership and fraud claims must b

A Kenyan court ordered a telecom tower in Malindi demolished because the company built it before getting the required environmental licence.

Kenya's Employment Court ruled a casual farm worker never became a permanent employee, so his unfair termination award was overturned.

Kenya's Employment Court ruled that casual farm work with gaps does not automatically become permanent employment, dismissing a worker's Ksh

Kenya's Employment Court ruled a casual worker only becomes a permanent employee after continuous work totalling at least one month, not sca

Kenya's Employment Court ruled that casual farm work done only a few scattered days each year does not automatically become permanent employ

The Environment and Land Court dismissed Njumbi Road residents' challenge to high-rise developments because they should have used statutory

A Mombasa court struck out a church's challenge to Kenya's 2009 noise regulations because a separate appeal win removed the live dispute.

A Kenyan court ordered hotel owners who locked out their tenant to undo the lockout within 30 days, confirming that self-help evictions are

A Kenyan employment court refused to revive a union dispute, ruling that unpaid filing fees mean a document was never properly filed and par

A Kenyan court refused to block future nurses' strikes, ruling the dispute was already settled and courts cannot issue orders about problems

A Kenyan court dismissed a land injunction application because it was drafted to last only until itself was heard, leaving nothing to decide

A Kenyan court dismissed a union election challenge because the member never actually filed nomination papers or exhausted internal union re

Kenya's Employment Court dismissed Wilson Sossion's bid to contest the KNUT Secretary General seat, ruling that union constitutions—not stat

The Environment and Land Court in Eldoret dismissed a bid to throw out a land suit, confirming that a preliminary objection cannot be used t

Kenyatta University acted unlawfully by stripping a lecturer of his directorship without reasons or a hearing, but he won only Kshs. 100,000

A Kenyan court confirmed that an employee fired for staying away from work without permission loses claims for notice pay and compensation i