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A Kenyan court struck out a dog bite compensation claim filed seven years late, confirming the three-year deadline for injury lawsuits is st
Kenya's Court of Appeal refused to pause a Kshs 3 million unlawful eviction award, ruling the applicant couldn't hide behind succession law
Kenya's Environment and Land Court confirmed you cannot extend the six-year deadline for filing a contract lawsuit, and the buyer's land cla
Kenya's Employment Court refused to strike out a defamation suit, ruling that whether an employment relationship existed must be decided aft
Kenya's Environment and Land Court allowed a negligence claim against Nairobi County to proceed, ruling res judicata didn't bar it because t
A Kenyan court dismissed a landowner's case against KeNHA because he couldn't prove who marked his wall or that his land was even under thre
A Nairobi Magistrates' Court ruled it can hear a negligence claim over damaged electrical equipment, rejecting the argument that only the en
Kwale's Environment and Land Court dismissed landowners' attempt to end a property suit early, ruling the objection raised factual disputes
Kenya's anti-corruption body successfully reclaimed Mombasa public land fraudulently allocated to private individuals, with titles cancelled
Kenya's Environment and Land Court in Vihiga revived a family's land case, ruling it shouldn't have been dismissed as time-barred without fi
The Environment and Land Court refused to revive the Applicants' dismissed land case because they could not credibly explain why they ignore
The ELC dismissed a bid to move a commercial tenancy case to its court, confirming you cannot transfer a suit to a court that lacks jurisdic
A Kenyan court ruled that insurers cannot be dragged into accident lawsuits early; your claim against your insurer only comes after the cour
A Kenyan court allowed a resort owner's case against a developer and hotel manager to proceed, but cut claims filed too late under limitatio
Supreme Court upholds Kshs 100,000 award for police torture but dismisses journalist's other claims.
The Environment and Land Court in Kericho ruled it has no power to extend limitation periods for land discharge claims, so the family's late
Kenya's Court of Appeal reinstated a 100% liability finding, confirming that pleading contributory negligence without leading any evidence p
Kenya's Environment and Land Court dismissed a landowner's constitutional petition, ruling that ordinary trespass claims must be filed as ci
Kenya's Court of Appeal confirmed that landlords who lock out controlled tenants without a statutory notice lose rent claims and may pay hea
Kenya's Court of Appeal reinstated a taxpayer's suit against SAP and Deloitte, ruling that limitation defences based on disputed facts canno
A Kenyan court confirmed you can win a trespass claim even when a neighbour never physically enters your land — dumping soil that touches it
A Kenyan court ruled that a land trespass claim is never too late to file as long as the trespass is still happening.
Kenya's Environment and Land Court cancelled a Mombasa lease over part of a public road and ordered the former Commissioner of Lands to pers
Kenya's Court of Appeal confirmed that mandatory life sentences for defilement remain lawful and appeals after a guilty plea can only challe