Republic v County Land Registrar; Njoka (Exparte Applicant); Njoka (Suing as the Legal Representative of Alice Kahaki Njoka - Deceased) (Interested Party) (Environment and Land Case Judicial Review Application 1 of 2022) [2024] KEELC 3613 (KLR)
The bottom line
#What this practically means
#Executive summary
#Key legal issues
#Whether the Interested Party/Applicant should be allowed to participate in the judicial review proceedings
The application for joinder was allowed; the applicant demonstrated a stake in the suit as legal representative of the estate claiming the suit property, demonstrated prejudice, and set out the case she intends to make.
Applying Order 1 Rule 10(2) and the Muruatetu and Communications Commission tests, the court found the applicant is the legal representative of the estate of Alice Kahaki Njoka with a grant produced, that the suit property is claimed to form part of that estate, that she would suffer prejudice if excluded since the mandamus sought relates to that property, and that she had set out her intended submissions. The court was also bound by its own earlier ruling of 27th July 2023 directing her to file a joinder application.
Costs of the application
Costs were ordered to be in the cause.
The court disposed of the second issue by ordering costs in the cause rather than awarding them to any party, consistent with the interim, procedural nature of the joinder application.
Legal principles established
#- An interested party is one who has a stake in the proceedings though not a party ab initio and will be affected by the decision either way.
- Requirements for joinder as an interested party: identifiable proximate personal interest, demonstrated prejudice on non-joinder, and the case/submissions the party intends to make.
Court orders
#- 1.The Applicant is hereby granted leave to participate in these proceeding as an Interested Party.
- 2.The ex parte Applicant shall serve upon the interested Party all pleadings and documents.
- 3.The costs of this application shall be in the cause.
- Jurisdiction invoked
- Order 53 Rule 3(2) of the Civil Procedure Rules
Key timeline
#Practical implications
#Frequently asked questions
#Cite this brief
#Cite this brief
Caselaw, "Republic v County Land Registrar; Njoka (Exparte Applicant); Njoka (Suing as the Legal Representative of Alice Kahaki Njoka - Deceased) (Interested Party) (Environment and Land Case Judicial Review Application 1 of 2022) [2024] KEELC 3613 (KLR)", Case Analysis (2024). Judicial Review Application (Notice of Motion dated 2nd August, 2023) - number not stated in judgment. Source: https://new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/judgment/keelc/2024/3613/eng@2024-05-02
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