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

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

Kenya's Environment and Land Court refused to strike out a judicial review case filed late, ruling that delay alone is not abuse of court pr

Kenya's Environment and Land Court refused to pause a land dispute, ruling that having an appeal does not automatically stop a case from pro

Kenya's Court of Appeal gave a prisoner more time to appeal because his lawyer missed the deadline, confirming extension of time is a discre

A Kenyan court allowed two plaintiffs to drop their land case but made them pay the defendants' legal costs because the case was already rea

A Kenyan court allowed a pension scheme to re-open its case to prove it had the legal right to sue, despite unexplained delay.

Kenya's Court of Appeal confirmed prosecutors can withdraw criminal charges with sworn reasons, and courts should rarely block them.

Kenya's Court of Appeal confirmed a 20-year defilement sentence, ruling that mistaken belief about a child's age is no defence without real

Kenya's Court of Appeal allowed a company to appeal two days late, ruling that short delays with honest explanations deserve forgiveness.

Kenya's Court of Appeal ruled that a missing court file doesn't mean your case is dead - the suit must be revived and heard.

Kenya's Court of Appeal confirmed that lawyers' fees must be based on the land's value, not the project cost, cutting a Kshs 231 million fee

Kenya's Court of Appeal refused a prisoner's late appeal because a seven-year delay with no real effort to follow up is not excusable.

Kenya's Court of Appeal refused a prisoner's late appeal because he waited about four years without showing any real effort to move his case

Kenya's Court of Appeal upheld an extension of time to file an appeal, ruling that a few hours' delay caused by a court system glitch was ac

Kenya's Court of Appeal confirmed that the 20-year mandatory minimum sentence for defilement stands, and judges cannot reduce it.

Kenya's Court of Appeal confirmed that employers must strictly follow redundancy notice rules and prove a job truly disappeared, or pay heav

Kenya's Court of Appeal dismissed a company's bid to reopen a land case, ruling that clients who ignore their own lawsuits cannot blame thei

Kenya's Court of Appeal refused a prisoner's late appeal because he never explained why he waited nearly two years to file it.

The Court of Appeal dismissed a late-appeal request because the applicant had no written proof of requesting court proceedings or a certific

Kenya's Court of Appeal gave a life-sentence prisoner a second chance to appeal, accepting his prison transfer as a reasonable excuse for a

The Environment and Land Court in Kitale refused to reopen a concluded land case, telling the self-help group to file a fresh suit instead.

The Employment Court ordered Nakuru County to pay 29 former employees their court-awarded compensation, ruling that lack of budget allocatio

The Supreme Court confirmed that winning parties have twelve years to claim court-awarded costs in Kenya, and upheld a Ksh. 2 million fee aw