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Kenya's Environment and Land Court refused to let Co-operative Bank join a land title case because charge and mortgage disputes belong to th

A Bungoma magistrate stopped execution of a judgment because the losing party moved reasonably fast and put up money and the car's logbook a

Courts in Kenya can review and change life sentences for robbery cases, but petitioners must prove rehabilitation through documentation.

The High Court in Meru ruled that lawyers' fees must be based on the value stated in court pleadings, not lowered by access-to-justice argum

A Makindu court acquitted a man on two criminal charges after finding prosecution witnesses contradicted each other and one charge rested on

Kenya's Environment and Land Court confirmed that appeals against EIA licences must be filed within 60 days, but shielded community litigant

Kenya's Court of Appeal confirmed that wrongly fired employees cannot claim salaries and pensions they would have earned up to retirement; a

A Kenyan court confirmed that a lapsed land allotment letter grants no ownership rights, so the registered title holder won the plot.

Kenya's Court of Appeal confirmed that you cannot use judicial review to overturn a judge's decision—you must appeal, even when the lower co

Kenya's Environment and Land Court ruled that an interested party in a case cannot ask the court to strike out another party's pleadings.

A Kenyan court ruled that a case filed in the wrong court cannot simply be moved to the right one; it must be restarted as a fresh filing.

Kenya's High Court upheld an injunction stopping a landlord from seizing tenant property because the amount of rent actually owed was genuin

Kenya's Court of Appeal struck out a lease dispute filed in the High Court, ruling it belonged in the Environment and Land Court, and confir

A Kenyan court confirmed that an allotment letter alone gives you no ownership of land—without timely acceptance, payment, and registration,

Supreme Court: A majority Court of Appeal decision is binding, and a single dissent doesn't create legal confusion.

The Bungoma Magistrate's Court dismissed a summary judgment application because the defendant had already filed a defence raising genuine tr

Supreme Court reinstates life sentence for defilement, ruling Court of Appeal overstepped its powers.

Supreme Court reinstates life sentence for child defiler, ruling Court of Appeal overstepped its powers.

Supreme Court confirms NLC is part of government, immune from asset attachment and garnishee orders.

Kenya's Court of Appeal confirmed that mandatory minimum defilement sentences, including life imprisonment, remain lawful and must be impose

Kenya's Court of Appeal confirmed a 20-year defilement sentence, ruling DNA evidence is not required for conviction and minimum sentences ar

The Environment and Land Court in Nakuru struck out a land petition because the same property dispute had already been fully decided, confir

Kenya's Court of Appeal confirmed a life sentence for defilement, ruling that recognition evidence is reliable and mandatory Sexual Offences

Kenya's Court of Appeal confirmed that the twenty-year minimum sentence for defilement stands, as the Supreme Court's binding decision remov