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Kenya's Court of Appeal ruled it cannot re-open a decided appeal, even over bias claims, because no law gives it that power.

Kenya's Environment and Land Court refused to step aside from a land dispute, ruling that disagreeing with a judge's earlier finding is not

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

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

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

The Environment and Land Court in Meru dismissed a family's bid to block dealings in two Ruiri/Rwarera plots, finding no genuine claim and n

Withdrawing a land case in Kenya does not shield you from paying the other side's legal costs once they have already defended the suit.

Kenya's Court of Appeal paused a Kshs. 25 million land judgment, protecting a title holder from eviction until his appeal is heard.

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

Kenya's Court of Appeal confirmed that an advocate's oral undertaking given in open court is fully binding, and the advocate must personally

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

Kenya's Environment and Land Court ruled you cannot be forced to exhaust an appeal route that doesn't exist yet, so the quarry dispute proce

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

Kenya's Environment and Land Court ruled that water disputes involving trespass, property damage or constitutional violations can go straigh

A Kenyan land court allowed 12 plaintiffs to amend their land dispute claim against tea factories, postponing the question of whether it bel

Kenya's Environment and Land Court dismissed a bid to strike out a land appeal, confirming preliminary objections cannot rely on disputed fa

A Kenyan landowner's contempt case failed because he had no independent evidence of the boundary violation—affidavit claims alone cannot pro

A Kenyan court cancelled a land title obtained through a forged sale agreement, ruling that a title deed given as loan security never transf

A Kenyan court cut a legal costs bill by over Kshs 66,000, ruling lawyers cannot charge 'getting-up fees' when a case ends without a trial.

Kenya's Environment and Land Court struck out a property fraud suit, ruling the real dispute was about money and misrepresentation, not land

The Environment and Land Court struck out Syokimau residents' suit against a neighbour's development because they skipped mandatory planning

Kenya's Environment and Land Court struck out a petition challenging a Kenya Forest Service timber tender, ruling procurement disputes belon

Kenya's Environment and Land Court struck out a borehole contract appeal, ruling that breach-of-contract disputes belong in the High Court,

A Kenyan court threw out a union's application because it was never anchored on a properly filed petition, so no injunctions protecting coun