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Kenya's Environment and Land Court ruled an unregistered community association can sue to challenge foreign land ownership, and the case wil

The Employment Court declined to ban nurses' strikes, ruling that a negotiated Return-to-Work Formula—not a blanket injunction—governs the h

Gor Mahia lost its bid to overturn a Kshs 2.8 million award to a former player because it used the wrong court process in Kenya.

Kenya's Court of Appeal confirmed that an acquitted employee cannot use constitutional petitions to challenge workplace discipline instead o

Kenya's Court of Appeal confirmed that land ownership disputes belong in ordinary civil suits, and court orders die when a case is withdrawn

Kenya's Court of Appeal voided a Ksh 2.4 billion land judgment because the High Court lacked jurisdiction over the land dispute after Novemb

The Court of Appeal in Kakamega replaced two death sentences with 50- and 40-year prison terms, confirming that courts can revisit sentences

Kenya's Court of Appeal suspended a man's five-year sentence, ruling he shouldn't stay jailed while his appeal over a trial held without him

The Court of Appeal refused to send a Bungoma employment dispute to the Supreme Court, ruling the issues were personal to the applicant and

A Kenyan employment court ruled that unfair termination disputes belong under the Employment Act, not constitutional petitions, but converte

The Nyeri Environment and Land Court dismissed 614 petitioners' claim that Nyeri land was held for them under customary trust, ruling regist

A Kenyan court allowed a mother to mortgage land co-owned by her minor son because the loan would finish a building that boosts the property

The Employment Court struck out 294 health workers' petition because they skipped the required County Public Service Board appeal process be

The Environment and Land Court refused to strike out Ashbrook Limited's land petition, ruling that a party claiming an earlier judgment quas

A Kenyan court gave two American buyers ownership of land they occupied for over 12 years, but capped it at a 99-year lease because they are

Kenya's Environment and Land Court allowed a widow with title to a suit property to join a land petition, showing courts will hear anyone wh

The Court of Appeal dismissed three drug manufacturers' challenge, confirming that Kenya's Parliament can backdate tax benefits and VAT refu

The Court of Appeal confirmed a Kenyan court can cancel a land transfer obtained through fraud, even decades later.

Kenya's Court of Appeal ruled that KRA can continue investigating tax crime suspects after they plead, and that vague constitutional petitio

The Environment and Land Court dismissed a land dispute petition because the family failed to explain precisely which constitutional rights

Kenya's Supreme Court dismissed Johmat Distributors' attempt to revive its appeal, confirming you cannot introduce new arguments at review o

A Kenyan court struck out a county government's land case because it was started with the wrong document, proving procedure still matters de

A Machakos court allowed landowners to sue Kenya Power over a wayleave directly, holding the Energy Act's dispute process cannot handle cons

A Kenyan court dismissed a man's claim to school land but awarded him Kshs 500,000 because the National Land Commission never explained why