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ELCAllowedApplication dated 5th April 2018 (arising from consent judgment of 8.11.2016)· [2018] KEELC 3366 (KLR)

Ibrahim Musa Mohammed v Ali Musa [2018] KEELC 3366 (KLR)

Environment and Land Court
16 May 2018
LMLucy N. Mbugua
334 words in judgment
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The bottom line

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A Kenyan court can sign property transfer documents for a party who refuses to obey a land judgment, so winning litigants aren't stuck.

What this practically means

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Executive summary

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This ruling by the Environment and Land Court at Meru (Hon. Lucy N. Mbugua, ELC Judge) determines a notice of application dated 5th April 2018 brought by Ibrahim Musa Mohammed against Ali Musa Mohamed. The applicant sought an order empowering the court's executive office to execute the relevant transfer documents to effect the transfer of Ali Musa's share in plot No. 28B Kangeta Market to the applicant, in conformity with a consent judgment delivered on 8th November 2016, together with costs of the application in the cause. The grounds were that the respondent had refused to execute the transfer in contravention of the consent judgment despite numerous pleas, and that the applicant was not enjoying the fruits of that judgment. The court perused the file and confirmed the existence of the consent judgment of 8.11.2016, under which the defendant was to execute all transfer instruments to transfer his ¼ share of plot No. 28B Kangeta Market to the plaintiff. Finding the application designed to effectuate that judgment, the judge held it merited and allowed it in the terms sought: the executive office was empowered to execute the transfer documents, and costs were made costs in the cause. The ruling was delivered in open court at Meru on 16th May 2018, with counsel for the plaintiff present and the defendant absent.

Key legal issues

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Whether the court could order execution of transfer documents by the executive office in place of a defaulting judgment debtor

Holding

The application was merited; the court empowered the executive office to execute the transfer documents in conformity with the consent judgment of 8.11.2016

Reasoning

The court perused the file and confirmed the existence of a consent judgment dated 8.11.2016 requiring the defendant to execute transfer instruments transferring his ¼ share of plot No. 28B Kangeta Market to the plaintiff. Since the respondent refused to execute the transfer despite the judgment, the court found the application for the executive office to execute the documents was merited and allowed it as drawn, with costs in the cause.

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Legal principles established

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  • Where a party refuses to execute a transfer in compliance with a judgment, the court may empower its executive office to execute the relevant transfer documents to effectuate that judgment

Court orders

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  1. 1.That this honourable court be pleased to empower the executive office to execute the relevant transfer documents to effect the transfer of Ali Musa's share in plot No. 28 B Kangeta Market to Ibrahim Musa Mohammed, the applicant in conformity with the judgment delivered on 8.11.2016
  2. 2.That costs for and incidental to this application be costs in the cause
Jurisdiction invoked
Original jurisdiction of the Environment and Land Court to enforce execution of a consent judgment relating to land

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Cite this brief

Caselaw, "Ibrahim Musa Mohammed v Ali Musa [2018] KEELC 3366 (KLR)", Case Analysis (2018). Application dated 5th April 2018 (arising from consent judgment of 8.11.2016). Source: https://new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/judgment/keelc/2018/3366/eng@2018-05-16

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