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The High Court ruled that a magistrate moved to another court division keeps her criminal jurisdiction, so the trial must continue before th

Court-caused delays do not automatically end your case; the High Court can still hear your matter under the principle of access to justice.

Kenya's Employment Court quashed four Communications Authority board appointments made without open, competitive, merit-based recruitment.

Courts may grant an appeal extension even with a weak excuse, provided you have a right to appeal and no one is harmed.

Courts can add people to a legal case if they are accused of influencing the outcome, but they will strike out irrelevant or abusive claims.

A seller who lacks legal ownership cannot transfer good title to a buyer, even if a sale agreement exists.

You cannot be forced into a lawsuit just because you are involved in a related case; you must have a clear, personal stake in the matter.

Challenging a government contract decision in court automatically freezes the process for 14 days, meaning you cannot legally sign the contr

Ignoring a court-mandated deadline, even if your case is strong, will result in your lawsuit being dismissed.

Land disputes involving marital property must be handled by the Family Court, not the High Court.

To prove contempt of court, you must demonstrate that the order was properly served and that the action taken directly violated the court's

To prove someone broke a court order, you must clearly present the original order and demonstrate exactly how it was violated.

Specialized industry tribunals have the authority to issue binding orders, and parties must use the correct legal forum for their disputes.

Kenya's High Court confirmed that striking-out applications under civil procedure rules cannot be used in judicial review cases; disputed ev

Kenya's High Court ruled that when a party challenges whether a court had jurisdiction to issue orders, that challenge must be heard before

If you feel you were denied a fair hearing, you can seek a temporary court stay, but the court will only grant a limited time, not a permane

A lender suing to recover Kshs. 298,500 lost in Kenya's Small Claims Court because her paperwork didn't prove the loan, and was ordered to p

Kenya's Environment and Land Court struck out a railway land petition because its issues had already been decided in an earlier case.

A Kilifi court awarded a woman Kshs 1 million after finding her criminal prosecution was malicious, confirming that withdrawn charges can co

A Kenyan court cut a KShs. 384,120 group loan claim to about KShs. 109,200 because the lender never specified who owed what.

A Kenyan court ruled that a plaintiff cannot control who gets joined to a land dispute — necessary parties must be heard even against her wi

Kenya's Court of Appeal allowed Sengwer community appellants to add a 2025 land commission decision as new evidence in their Embobut Forest

The High Court at Kilgoris dismissed a request to disqualify the judge, ruling that a judge's remarks in an earlier judgment do not show bia