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Kenya's Supreme Court refused to revive a nine-year-old bank land case, confirming that unexplained delay and blaming your lawyer will not w

The Nyeri Environment and Land Court dismissed 614 petitioners' claim that Nyeri land was held for them under customary trust, ruling regist

The Environment and Land Court refused to pause a 15-year-old land dispute, ruling that stay applications filed late and without exceptional

A Kenyan court allowed handwriting expert evidence mid-trial, confirming that a party can still strengthen its case before it closes.

Kenya's Court of Appeal gave the EACC 90 days to finish a 16-year-old investigation or unfreeze accounts, lift title restrictions and return

A Kenyan court ruled that withdrawing a lawsuit after the underlying dispute was resolved elsewhere does not automatically make the withdraw

Kenya's Environment and Land Court ruled that a time-bar objection cannot end a land suit when the claim involves alleged fraud that must be

Kenya's Court of Appeal dismissed a defilement appeal, confirming life sentences for defiling children under 12 are lawful and binding.

A Kenyan court dismissed a land ownership suit filed 14 years after the same dispute was decided, holding it was barred by res judicata.

Kenya's Environment and Land Court ruled you cannot join a case, get injunctions, or claim adverse possession after a suit is already finall

Kenya's Environment and Land Court paused a land trespass suit because the ownership of the mother title is already being decided in an earl

Kenya's Court of Appeal struck out Kenya Power's appeal because it was filed 14 months late without first asking for an extension of time.

A Kenyan court cancelled a land title obtained while an ownership dispute was pending, confirming titles can be revoked if acquired improper

Kenya's Court of Appeal ruled that pension disputes can't decide whether someone's job termination was lawful — only the Employment and Labo

Kenya's Environment and Land Court struck out a property buyer's refund claim because the same dispute had already been finally decided in a

A Kenyan court refused to let an 80-year-old widow appeal late because she gave no evidence backing her excuses — unexplained delay kills ex

Kenya's Court of Appeal confirmed that land claims based on family trust or fraud fail without solid evidence, so the buyer keeps the proper

Kenya's Environment and Land Court struck out a landowner's second lawsuit over the same property, ruling the earlier final judgment barred

Kenya's Environment and Land Court confirmed that years of peaceful occupation can beat a later, informal land allocation in group ranches.

Kenya's Court of Appeal refused Mjengo Limited's attempt to introduce new forgery evidence on appeal because it waited too long without a go

Once a Kenyan court delivers final judgment, it cannot reopen the case—dissatisfied non-parties must appeal instead of asking the same court

A Kenyan court ordered a land seller to transfer plots to buyers even without a written sale agreement, because the buyers proved they paid

Kenya's Environment and Land Court in Nyamira allowed an appeal filed two weeks late because the lawyer's illness caused the delay, but refu

Kenya's Environment and Land Court allowed a property owner to enforce a 2019 Court of Appeal judgment despite a pending Supreme Court appli

A land surveyor blocked from a Machakos land case was allowed to join it, because the case was simply a transferred Nairobi file, not a dupl