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Coulston v Kimondo, Kobocha & Mwangi (Sued as Trustees of Comedo Self Help Group) & another (Environment & Land Case E121 of 2022) [2022] KEELC 2856 (KLR)
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#A Nairobi court turned a land dispute settlement into a binding court order, confirming the buyer's ownership and ordering the registry to correct its records.
What this practically means
#Executive summary
#This is a short order of the Environment and Land Court at Nairobi, delivered by Lucy N. Mbugua, J on July 7, 2022 in Environment & Land Case E121 of 2022. Charles Ray Coulston, the plaintiff, had sued Simon Wachira Kimondo, Samuel Ngari Kobocha and Patrick Mwangi as trustees of Comedo Self Help Group (1st Defendant) and the Chief Land Registrar Nairobi County (2nd Defendant) over competing claims to land parcels Nairobi Block 118/266 and 118/267. The parties recorded a consent dated June 7, 2022. The court, having perused the record, adopted the consent as an order of the court, thereby marking the suit against the 1st Defendant as compromised. The consent terms recorded that the plaintiff owns and occupies Nairobi Block 118/266, the 1st Defendant owns and occupies Nairobi Block 118/267, and the 1st Defendant holds the lease and certificate of lease for 118/266. By the adopted consent, a permanent injunction was issued restraining the 1st Defendant from sub-dividing, alienating, selling, transferring or otherwise interfering with Nairobi Block 118/266 or the plaintiff's quiet possession; the plaintiff was declared owner of that parcel; the 2nd Defendant was directed to rectify the registry records for both parcels and issue leases and certificates of lease to the respective parties; the plaintiff was to refund rates and rents paid by the 1st Defendant; and the matter was to be mentioned within 30 days to confirm compliance. No costs order was made and no authorities were cited.
Key legal issues
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Adoption of a consent as an order of the court
Holding
The court adopted the consent dated June 7, 2022 as its order, compromising the suit against the 1st Defendant on the terms set out in the consent
Reasoning
The court perused the record and, without contest, gave directions that the consent be adopted as an order of the court. The consent recorded agreement between the parties on ownership of the two parcels, mutual rectification of the register, injunctive protection of the plaintiff's possession, refund of rates and rents, and a mention date to confirm compliance.
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Legal principles established
#- A consent recorded between parties to a land suit may be adopted as an order of the court, marking the suit as compromised
Court orders
#- 1.The consent dated June 7, 2022 adopted as an order of the court
- 2.Permanent injunction restraining the 1st Defendant from sub-dividing, interfering, alienating, selling off and/or transferring Nairobi Block 118/266 and from evicting or interfering with the Plaintiff's quiet possession
- 3.Declaration that the Plaintiff is the owner of Nairobi Block 118/266 measuring 0.404700 Hectares
- 4.The 2nd Defendant to rectify the lands registry records to indicate the Plaintiff as registered proprietor of Nairobi Block 118/266 and issue a lease and certificate of lease to Charles Ray Coulston
- 5.The 2nd Defendant to rectify the lands registry records to indicate the 1st Defendant as registered proprietor of Nairobi Block 118/267 and issue a lease and certificate of lease to the 1st Defendant's trustees
- 6.The Plaintiff to refund the land rates and rents paid by the 1st Defendant in respect of Nairobi Block 118/266
- 7.Matter to be mentioned within 30 days to confirm compliance
- Jurisdiction invoked
- Environment and Land Court jurisdiction over land disputes (court order adopting a consent as an order of the court)
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#Cite this brief
Caselaw, "Coulston v Kimondo, Kobocha & Mwangi (Sued as Trustees of Comedo Self Help Group) & another (Environment & Land Case E121 of 2022) [2022] KEELC 2856 (KLR)", Case Analysis (2022). Environment & Land Case E121 of 2022. Source: https://new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/judgment/keelc/2022/2856/eng@2022-07-07
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