Harp Investco Ltd v National Social Security Fund (NSSF) Board of Trustees, Commissioner For Lands , Registrar of Titles & Kenya National Highways Authority (Environment & Land Case 616 of 2010) (Environment and Land) [2017] KEELC 956 (KLR)

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Kenya's Environment and Land Court ruled you cannot get summary judgment once a defendant has filed a defence; the correct route is applying to strike it out.

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Caselaw, "Harp Investco Ltd v National Social Security Fund (NSSF) Board of Trustees, Commissioner For Lands , Registrar of Titles & Kenya National Highways Authority (Environment & Land Case 616 of 2010)  (Environment and Land) [2017] KEELC 956 (KLR)", Case Analysis (). Nairobi ELC Case No. 533 of 2013. Source: https://new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/judgment/keelc/2017/956/eng@2017-11-17

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