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A woman who openly lived on and farmed Ruiru land for nearly 40 years won ownership through adverse possession, even though the title was in

Kenya's Environment and Land Court confirmed it cannot extend the twelve-year deadline for land claims, dismissing buyers' bid to sue over a

A Kenyan court ruled that an estate administrator who loses a lawsuit must pay the legal costs personally, but the winning side's attempt to

A Kenyan landowner who missed his appeal deadline due to depression got more time, and his eviction was stopped pending the appeal.

A Makueni landowner won extra time to appeal, plus orders freezing land subdivision and title issuance until his appeal is heard.

A Makueni landowner won extra time to appeal, a freeze on execution, and a bar on new land titles while his appeal is heard.

A Kenyan court threw out a land dispute challenge filed nearly three years late, confirming the six-month deadline for judicial review is st

A Siaya court let a late land appeal proceed despite a weak excuse, prioritising the right to be heard over strict deadlines.

A Kenyan court refused to pause a land judgment because the appellant showed no real evidence of the loss he claimed.

The court let a pension scheme dispute proceed with an amended claim, but refused the injunction and document orders because the wrong legal

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 Employment Court confirmed that work injury compensation claims must be made against the employer, not the insurance company.

A Kenyan court allowed a citizen to seek a mandamus order forcing the Ministry of Education to pay a court-awarded debt of over Kshs. 1.4 mi

A Kenyan employer's bid to cut a worker's award failed, but the court corrected the decree to include Kshs. 35,000 in service pay, raising t

Kenya's Environment and Land Court confirmed it cannot extend the six-year deadline for contract claims, and dismissed a landowner's late at

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

A Kenyan court refused to reopen an estate distribution ruling and confirmed two grandchildren can now collect rent from ground floor rooms.

A Kenyan court refused to extend time to appeal because the applicant delayed nearly five months without explanation and showed no viable ap

Kenya's Environment and Land Court ruled that only a deceased estate's administrator can sue for it, so beneficiary family members were bloc

A Kenyan land buyer's suit survived a time-limit challenge because fraud claims only start the clock when the fraud is discovered.

A Kenyan court ordered Belgo Holdings to refund over Kshs.32 million because the appeal that triggered the payment was later overturned.

Kenya's Environment and Land Court ruled that a preliminary objection cannot be used to decide disputed facts about land ownership, reviving

A Kenyan court ruled that a land dispute is not automatically barred just because someone else previously litigated over the same parcel of

The Environment and Land Court in Eldoret dismissed a landowner's attempt to fix a title registration mix-up through review, confirming revi