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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

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 dismissed a society's third attempt to stop eviction, ruling the matter was already decided and compensat

A Kisumu court refused a landowner's late appeal because his lawyer's knowledge counted as his own and the delay went unexplained.

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

The Makueni Environment and Land Court refused to join a man claiming land ownership to the case because he produced no real evidence of his

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

The Environment and Land Court dismissed Northview Estate residents' bid to stop apartment construction in Utawala, ruling their association

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

Kenya's Environment and Land Court ruled that access to public parks is a constitutional right and ordered Central Park reopened immediately

A Kenyan court upheld a Kshs 1.18 million fee award against a client who denied hiring the lawyer, confirming that a retainer can be proven

Kenya's Employment Court ruled that a time-bar defence based on disputed promises to pay must be proven with evidence at trial, not struck o

Kenya's Employment Court struck out a constitutional petition, confirming employment disputes must start as a Memorandum of Claim, not a pet

A Kenyan court ruled a teacher's dismissal unfair because his school never invited him to a disciplinary hearing or let him question his acc

A Kenyan court ruled that locking an employee out of work and stopping pay counts as unfair termination, awarding the worker over Ksh. 924,0

Kenya's Environment and Land Court dismissed a land appeal because the appellant filed an incomplete record, showing courts will not hear ap

Kenya's Environment and Land Court refused to dismiss a 13-year-old land suit because the bank seeking dismissal had itself caused the delay

A Kenyan court ruled that an advocate who accepted Ksh 19 million in agreed periodic fees cannot demand more through taxation.

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 Kenyan landowner who builds on a neighbour's plot based on his own belief about the boundary lost his appeal and must pay costs.

A Kenyan court confirmed that a title deed alone doesn't prove land encroachment, and boundary disputes must first go to the Land Registrar,

A Nairobi court ordered a father to pay KES 5,000 monthly for his child's food, ruling that equal parental responsibility doesn't mean equal