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ELCAllowed· [2015] KEELC 67 (KLR)

Isiolo Printing Press v Robe Godana & 3others [2015] KEELC 67 (KLR)

High Court of Kenya (Environment and Land jurisdiction), Meru
11 November 2015
PNP. M. Njoroge
280 words in judgment
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The bottom line

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A Kenyan High Court turned two signed settlement agreements into binding court orders, ending an Isiolo land dispute without a full trial.

What this practically means

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Executive summary

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This is a brief ex tempore ruling of the High Court at Meru (P. M. Njoroge, Judge) delivered on 11th November 2015 adopting two consents as orders of the Court in a land dispute. The first consent, dated 11th November 2015 and signed by the Plaintiff Isiolo Printing Press, his advocates on record, and the 2nd Defendant's advocate, recorded the withdrawal of the suit against the 2nd Defendant, Isaiah Kobia. The second consent, dated 22nd October 2015 and signed by the 4th Defendant, Francis Gitonga, and the Plaintiff's advocates, recorded four terms: that land parcel No. Isiolo Block 7918/558 is the Plaintiff's property; that the 4th Defendant shall not enter, build, cultivate, sell, lease or otherwise interfere with the Plaintiff's possession, user and enjoyment of the parcel; that the matter be marked as settled between the Plaintiff and the 4th Defendant; and that each party bear its own costs. The Court adopted both consents as orders and, as a consequence, marked the Plaintiff's suit against the 2nd and 4th Defendants as withdrawn and settled with no orders as to costs. No authorities or statutes were cited and no contested findings of fact or law were made; the judgment simply records the parties' consensual disposal of the suit as against two of the defendants.

Key legal issues

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Adoption of party consents as orders of the Court

Holding

The Court adopted both consents as orders, withdrawing the suit against the 2nd Defendant and recording settlement terms with the 4th Defendant.

Reasoning

Two consents were tendered in Court, one dated 11th November 2015 signed by the Plaintiff, his advocates and the 2nd Defendant's advocate withdrawing the suit against the 2nd Defendant, and another dated 22nd October 2015 signed by the 4th Defendant and the Plaintiff's advocates recording the Plaintiff's ownership of land parcel Isiolo Block 7918/558, an undertaking of non-interference, settlement and each party bearing its own costs. Both consents were duly signed and the parties prayed they be adopted as orders, which the Court did.

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Legal principles established

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  • Consents duly signed by the parties or their advocates may be adopted as orders of the Court.

Court orders

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  1. 1.The consent dated 11th November 2015 withdrawing the suit against the 2nd Defendant, Isaiah Kobia, is adopted as an order of the Court
  2. 2.The consent dated 22nd October 2015 between the Plaintiff and the 4th Defendant is adopted as an order of the Court, recording that land parcel No. Isiolo Block 7918/558 is the Plaintiff's property and that the 4th Defendant shall not enter, build, cultivate, sell, lease or otherwise interfere with the Plaintiff's possession, user and/or enjoyment of it
  3. 3.The matter between the Plaintiff and the 4th Defendant is marked as settled
  4. 4.The Plaintiff's suit against the 2nd and 4th Defendants is marked as withdrawn and settled with no orders as to costs
Jurisdiction invoked
Inherent powers of the Court to adopt consents as orders (not expressly stated in judgment)

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Cite this brief

Caselaw, "Isiolo Printing Press v Robe Godana & 3others [2015] KEELC 67 (KLR)", Case Analysis (2015). . Source: https://new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/judgment/keelc/2015/67/eng@2015-11-11

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