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Kenya's Court of Appeal quashed a policeman's convictions because police skipped basic steps like fingerprinting, proving circumstantial evi

Kenya's Court of Appeal voided a criminal appeal hearing because it happened without the appellant present and without proper judicial autho

Kenya's Court of Appeal ruled that breaking into a locked vehicle is not the same as opening it with a key, reducing a thief's sentence beca

Kenya's Court of Appeal ruled that breaking a car window is not 'opening a vehicle with a key or instrument,' cutting a theft-from-vehicle s

Kenya's Court of Appeal freed a arrested ship, ruling the fuel supplier hadn't contracted with its owners and had hidden key facts when gett

Kenya's Court of Appeal stopped construction of a college on land bound by restrictive covenants, protecting neighbours' right to a meaningf

Kenya's Court of Appeal ruled that once default judgment fixes liability, a judge must assess damages and employers must supply protective g

Kenya's Court of Appeal quashed a robbery conviction because witnesses were shown the accused in cells without a prior identification parade

Kenya's Court of Appeal freed a man because the facts he admitted in a guilty plea never actually showed he committed manslaughter.

Kenya's Court of Appeal can quash weak forgery charges yet still convict an accused of the simpler offence of stealing proved by the same fa

Kenya's Court of Appeal quashed an obstruction conviction because a lorry that broke down wasn't 'parked' — and a guilty plea mixed with an

Kenya's Court of Appeal dismissed a cyclist's injury claim because his own testimony contradicted facts he had earlier admitted, confirming

Kenya's Court of Appeal let a widow appeal late over family land, ruling delays shouldn't block land appeals unless reopening would be clear

Kenya's Court of Appeal confirmed you won't lose your appeal because your lawyer failed to file documents on time.

Kenya's Court of Appeal quashed a conviction because the guilty plea wasn't clear and the charge omitted a required element — the 'within a

Kenya's Court of Appeal ruled an airline that fails to record baggage details cannot cap its compensation liability for lost luggage.

Kenya's Court of Appeal threw out a criminal conviction because the accused never had court proceedings interpreted into a language he under

Kenya's Court of Appeal quashed a theft conviction because it rested on a confession taken unlawfully by a junior police officer.

Kenya's Court of Appeal cut a theft conviction from Shs 421,000 to Shs 180,000 because lumping six separate withdrawals into one charge was

Kenya's Court of Appeal ruled that courts cannot convict on an alternative charge without first explaining why the main charge failed, freei

Kenya's Court of Appeal confirmed that a suspect chased and arrested in hot pursuit is positively identified, and accused persons who testif

Kenya's Court of Appeal confirmed that being drunk at work is not automatically a crime; prosecutors must also prove your intoxication annoy

Kenya's Court of Appeal freed a union official from civil jail because the injunction served on him lacked a penal notice, but it still uphe