Terakate Properties v Develco Investments Limited (In Liquidation) & 2 others; Mucheru & 25 others (Interested Parties) (Environment & Land Case 3 of 2009) [2024] KEELC 5631 (KLR)
The bottom line
#The Environment and Land Court refused to let ten land buyers join an old land case, saying they should file their own claim instead.
What this practically means
#Executive summary
#Key legal issues
#Whether the Applicants satisfied the threshold for joinder as interested parties
The application was dismissed; the Applicants failed to show how the consent orders infringed rights independently acquired, and the consent expressly referred only to the 6th–26th Interested Parties.
The court examined the consent orders of 7th March 2022 and 21st February 2022 and found they did not extinguish the Applicants' rights. The Applicants could still file their own claim against the Plaintiff, and could seek preservation orders under Order 40 of the Civil Procedure Rules. The affidavit in support did not explain the alleged infringement, and the decree had already been executed.
Legal principles established
#- A party seeking joinder must expressly demonstrate the interest claimed and how the orders sought to be impugned affect their rights; merely asking to be included is insufficient.
Court orders
#- 1.The application dated 23rd April, 2023 is dismissed with no order on costs
- Jurisdiction invoked
- Sections 1A, 1B and 3A of the Civil Procedure Act and Order 51 of the Civil Procedure Rules
Key timeline
#Practical implications
#Frequently asked questions
#Cite this brief
#Cite this brief
Caselaw, "Terakate Properties v Develco Investments Limited (In Liquidation) & 2 others; Mucheru & 25 others (Interested Parties) (Environment & Land Case 3 of 2009) [2024] KEELC 5631 (KLR)", Case Analysis (2024). Not stated in the judgment. Source: https://new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/judgment/keelc/2024/5631/eng@2024-07-18
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