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If you default on a loan secured by property, a court is unlikely to stop the bank from selling that property, even if you dispute the debt.

Minor procedural mistakes in court are usually fixable, but the court will not invalidate proceedings just because an advocate lacked a cert

A technical dismissal doesn't stop your appeal if the court never actually decided the core legal issues.

If you personally performed work related to a contract, you can be a necessary party in court, even if the contract was with a company.

If a document is public and doesn't harm the other side, the court can let you use it in court even if you didn't write it.

Courts can allow you to change your lawsuit documents when the original parties or governing laws change.

When a contract dispute exists, Kenyan courts can force the parties into arbitration and grant immediate protective orders to maintain the s

Courts can add necessary parties to a lawsuit even without a full claim, if their involvement is essential to resolving the dispute.

Challenging registered land ownership or a power of attorney requires proving fraud or misrepresentation, not just alleging a family trust.

Don't ask the court to change an existing order because of non-compliance; instead, apply for enforcement or contempt against the party who

Kenya's High Court allowed a company to amend its lawsuit against a bank to add the property owner as a plaintiff, accepting that his omissi

The Kisii High Court refused to stop a land transfer, ruling that a registered owner's title is protected unless challengers first prove the

Kenya's High Court struck out an amended court filing made without permission, warning that skipping required procedural steps can sink your

A Kenyan High Court judge refused to dismiss a delayed lawsuit because the defendant had also sat idle, showing courts punish delay by both

Kenya's High Court allowed a new company to join an ongoing lawsuit, ruling that delay alone is no reason to refuse joining a party unless i

Hiding crucial facts, such as prior court rulings, can lead a judge to cancel any orders they previously issued.

A Mombasa court allowed a landowner to add the property's new registered owner, the Land Registrar and the Attorney General to her ownership

Kenya's Environment and Land Court struck out a land dispute because the same claim had already been decided, confirming you only get one ch

A Nairobi court awarded a pedestrian Kshs.2.5 million after a reversing vehicle knocked him down, but cut his claimed expenses because they

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

A Kenyan land buyer with a registered title won an injunction, and a defendant who kept building despite a court order now faces jail and a

The Environment and Land Court dismissed a family's bid to stop Homa Bay ward offices being built on their land, because no expert survey pr

A Kenyan court ruled that a company facing execution of a judgment debt must send its officials to court, striking out its attempt to block