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A lender suing to recover Kshs. 298,500 lost in Kenya's Small Claims Court because her paperwork didn't prove the loan, and was ordered to p

Kenya's Environment and Land Court refused to step aside from a land dispute, ruling that disagreeing with a judge's earlier finding is not

Kenya's Environment and Land Court confirmed it cannot extend the twelve-year deadline for land claims, dismissing buyers' bid to sue over a

Kenya's Environment and Land Court dismissed a society's third attempt to stop eviction, ruling the matter was already decided and compensat

A Kisumu court refused a landowner's late appeal because his lawyer's knowledge counted as his own and the delay went unexplained.

A Kenyan court ruled that an estate administrator who loses a lawsuit must pay the legal costs personally, but the winning side's attempt to

The Environment and Land Court dismissed an appeal over a Ruiru plot, confirming that a buyer who traces her title through company records b

The court dismissed a land ownership challenge because the plaintiffs skipped the Land Adjudication Act's objection process and went straigh

A Kenyan landowner who missed his appeal deadline due to depression got more time, and his eviction was stopped pending the appeal.

A Makueni landowner won extra time to appeal, plus orders freezing land subdivision and title issuance until his appeal is heard.

The Makueni Environment and Land Court refused to join a man claiming land ownership to the case because he produced no real evidence of his

The Environment and Land Court in Eldoret confirmed a landowner's title, voided a Gazette Notice cancellation, and evicted the deceased sell

A Makueni landowner won extra time to appeal, a freeze on execution, and a bar on new land titles while his appeal is heard.

A Siaya court let a late land appeal proceed despite a weak excuse, prioritising the right to be heard over strict deadlines.

The Environment and Land Court in Garissa temporarily stopped quarrying on disputed Mandera land, but only for sixty days while the appeal i

A Kenyan court refused to pause a land judgment because the appellant showed no real evidence of the loss he claimed.

A Kenyan court upheld a Kshs 1.18 million fee award against a client who denied hiring the lawyer, confirming that a retainer can be proven

The court let a pension scheme dispute proceed with an amended claim, but refused the injunction and document orders because the wrong legal

A Kenyan court struck out a land claim against a company in liquidation because the claimants never got the required court permission to con

A Mombasa court allowed a landowner to add the property's new registered owner, the Land Registrar and the Attorney General to her ownership

Kenya's Employment Court ruled that a time-bar defence based on disputed promises to pay must be proven with evidence at trial, not struck o