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Kenya's Employment Court ruled that a time-bar objection cannot succeed where the claim's timing depends on disputed facts, so the gratuity

The Environment and Land Court in Machakos refused to throw out a land claim, ruling that disputed ownership of the property must be decided

A Kajiado court ruled that res judicata cannot be used to kill a land suit through a preliminary objection because comparing court records r

A Nakuru court ruled that objections requiring evidence to resolve cannot be raised as preliminary objections, and dismissed the insurer-rel

The Homa Bay Environment and Land Court dismissed a preliminary objection in a land dispute, ruling such objections cannot rely on disputed

The Kapsabet Environment and Land Court refused to strike out a land suit, instead directing that it be heard together with a related case o

Kenya's High Court struck out an application filed without legal capacity and against a dead man, ruling no amendment could save it.

A Kenyan court threw out a family's land case because they had no written authority from the clan to sue on its behalf.

Kenya's Environment and Land Court confirmed it can hear cases challenging bank charges over land, because what matters is the land dispute,

A Kenyan court struck out the County Government of Kirinyaga's land ownership suit because the same dispute had already been decided in 1991

A Vihiga court threw out a defendant's attempt to dismiss an adverse possession claim because the arguments needed evidence, not just legal

Kenya's Environment and Land Court struck out a caution-removal application filed by Notice of Motion, ruling it must start with a plaint.

Kenya's Embu Environment and Land Court ruled that a suit dismissed for want of prosecution doesn't block a new land case.

A Kenyan High Court dismissed an attempt to strike out judicial review proceedings, ruling that factual disputes about service cannot be dec

The Environment and Land Court in Machakos dismissed a claim that a land suit was filed too late, ruling that when the buyer discovered the

Kenya's Environment and Land Court confirmed that a limited grant ad litem still gives an estate's representative standing to sue, and land

A Kenyan land claim dismissed as too late cannot be struck out early where key facts like transfer dates remain disputed and unproven.

Kenya's Environment and Land Court ruled that claims of res judicata need evidence, so they cannot be raised as a preliminary objection to s

The Environment and Land Court in Kajiado dismissed a landowner's attempt to end a rival land suit early, ruling that duplicate-suit objecti

Kenya's Kajiado land court dismissed a defendant's attempt to have a land fraud suit thrown out early, confirming fraud allegations need a f

The Environment and Land Court in Kajiado dismissed the defendants' attempt to kill a land suit early, ruling that disputed facts must go to

A Kenyan land court threw out an attempt to strike down a property suit, confirming preliminary objections must be pure law, not disputed fa

An appeal was struck out because the appellant never filed the memorandum of appeal within the time allowed, and missing that deadline kille

A Kenyan land court refused to strike out a duplicate property suit, instead pausing it until the earlier ownership case is decided.

Kenya's Environment and Land Court ruled you cannot enforce a 2000 land award in 2024 — the six-year time limit for enforcement had long exp