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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

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 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

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 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 excused a worker's mistaken deadline calculation, giving him 14 days to appeal, but made him pay costs for the avoi

Kenya Power must pay a former employee Ksh. 3.9 million after failing to properly oppose a workplace injury award adopted as a court judgmen

A Kenyan employer's bid to cut a worker's award failed, but the court corrected the decree to include Kshs. 35,000 in service pay, raising t

Kenya's Court of Appeal gave five teachers more time to appeal, ruling that litigants cannot be punished for delays caused by the court's ow

Kenya's Court of Appeal confirmed that pursuing a review does not stop the 14-day appeal deadline, so litigants must file a cautionary notic

Kenya's Court of Appeal gave a family more time to file their appeal after a simple filing mistake, protecting their right to be heard.

Kenya's Environment and Land Court refused to dismiss a 13-year-old land suit because the bank seeking dismissal had itself caused the delay

The Environment and Land Court refused to pause the Karen land petition, ruling that defending a case is not enough harm to justify a stay.

A Kenyan court gave Nyamira County more time to challenge a Ksh. 57.6 million legal fees bill, but refused to hand over the money yet.

A Kenyan court refused to strike out a land appeal over missing documents, ruling the gap could be fixed by filing a supplementary record.

A Kenyan land court refused to force a housing company to hand over extra details and declined to release an original title before a full he