Lake Naivasha Crescent Camp Limited v Chairman, Business Premises Rent Tribunal; Bark and Associates Limited (Interested Party) (Environment and Land Miscellaneous Application E003 of 2023) [2024] KEELC 1748 (KLR)
The bottom line
#The Environment and Land Court in Kericho paused a Nakuru rent tribunal case because the person who issued the termination notice was not named in the lease.
What this practically means
#Executive summary
#Key legal issues
#Whether leave to commence judicial review for an order of prohibition against the BPRT should issue
Leave was granted on the basis that a prima facie case was established that the interested party was a stranger to the 15-year lease and therefore there was no landlord-tenant relationship conferring jurisdiction on the Tribunal.
The court examined the lease dated 2nd December 2011 between Wagiciengo Holdings Limited, Anastacia Wariara Wagiciengo and the Applicant for 15 years. The interested party allegedly purchased the suit property in 2023, twelve years after the lease commenced. On that basis the court was satisfied prima facie that the applicant was entitled to the orders sought, warranting leave and stay.
Whether leave should operate as stay of the Tribunal proceedings
The court directed that the leave granted operate as a stay of Tribunal Case No. E104 of 2023 pending determination of the substantive motion, pursuant to Order 53 rule 1(4).
Order 53 rule 1(4) permits leave for prohibition or certiorari to operate as a stay where the judge so directs. The court invoked this provision in its disposition, staying the BPRT proceedings pending the substantive motion or further order.
Legal principles established
#- Leave to apply for an order of prohibition or certiorari may, if the judge so directs, operate as a stay of the proceedings in question until determination of the application or until the judge orders otherwise.
Court orders
#- 1.Leave is granted to the Applicant to institute Judicial review proceedings for an order of prohibition prohibiting the chairman, Business Premises Rent Tribunal, Nakuru from entertaining and hearing or continuing to hear and determine Tribunal Case No. E104 of 2023.
- 2.Leave granted shall operate as a stay of the proceedings at the Business Premises Rent Tribunal relating to Tribunal Case No. E104 of 2023 pending the hearing and determination of the substantive motion or until the Judge orders otherwise.
- 3.The ex-parte applicant shall file the substantive motion within 21 days from the date hereof and serve the same upon the Respondent, the Interested Party and any other person as are affected by it within 14 days of filing.
- 4.Costs shall be in the substantive Motion.
- Jurisdiction invoked
- Order 53 Rules 1, 2 and 4 of the Civil Procedure Rules, 2010 and Part VI of the Law Reform Act (Cap 26)
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#Cite this brief
Caselaw, "Lake Naivasha Crescent Camp Limited v Chairman, Business Premises Rent Tribunal; Bark and Associates Limited (Interested Party) (Environment and Land Miscellaneous Application E003 of 2023) [2024] KEELC 1748 (KLR)", Case Analysis (2024). Chamber Summons application dated 17th July, 2023 (Judicial Review). Source: https://new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/judgment/keelc/2024/1748/eng@2024-04-11
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