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Kenya's Court of Appeal allowed Sengwer community appellants to add a 2025 land commission decision as new evidence in their Embobut Forest

Kenya's Court of Appeal allowed late filing of appeal documents where the delay was short, explained, and the documents were mandatory.

A 15-year-old Ksh 56 billion land compensation case will continue where it stopped, and the government's very late evidence was still allowe

A Kenyan court allowed a pension scheme to re-open its case to prove it had the legal right to sue, despite unexplained delay.

A Kenyan court refused to let a union treasurer join an election dispute, ruling that having relevant information alone is not enough to bec

Kenya's Court of Appeal dismissed a bid for divorce compensation because the claim was never formally raised in the original case.

Kenya's Court of Appeal refused to reopen a concluded land case because the applicants only gathered supporting evidence after losing.

KeNHA lost its bid to introduce new documents in its land compensation appeal because the ownership dispute they concerned had already been

A Makueni court allowed defendants to add key land documents mid-trial because the plaintiff's own testimony opened the door, and any unfair

Kenya's Environment and Land Court allowed a party to add a new witness before trial, confirming courts prioritise full evidence over strict

Kenya's Environment and Land Court refused to reopen a 7-year-old land case because the applicants delayed unreasonably and tried to patch h

Kenya's Employment Court refused to reopen a concluded unfair dismissal case, ruling that review cannot fix mistakes made by a union during

Kenya's Environment and Land Court allowed landowners to add a surveyor's report as evidence after state agencies introduced new documents l

A Kenyan court ruled that disputed road-acquisition compensation should be held in a special account, and a rival land claimant was allowed

A Kenyan land court allowed a defendant to add new evidence mid-trial, but made her pay costs first or lose the permission.

Kenya's Court of Appeal gave a company 14 days to join an appeal after an 18-month delay, but said a single judge cannot grant stays of proc

Kenya's Court of Appeal allowed a litigant to add new documents mid-trial, ruling that evidence rules are applied flexibly, not as a rigid c

The Environment and Land Court in Narok dismissed a landowner's appeal, confirming that Plot 113 and Plot 236 are the same plot.

A Kenyan court refused to admit a Land Control Board form after both sides closed their cases, confirming that filing a document is not the

A Kajiado court allowed defendants to reopen their land case to produce a forgotten land consent document, because justice outweighed the de

A Kenyan court refused to let a party add new evidence on appeal, saying case-changing documents belong in a review before the trial court.

A Kenyan court refused to let a party call new evidence on appeal to fix gaps left at trial — prepare your case properly the first time.

A Kenyan magistrate refused a plaintiff's late attempt to add a witness statement after three years of unexplained delay, warning courts wil