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A Kenyan court ruled that an arbitration clause in property leases cannot remove its jurisdiction, and parties who delay invoking arbitratio

Kenya's Environment and Land Court sent a property dispute to arbitration because the sale agreement's arbitration clause had to be used fir

Kenya's Court of Appeal gave a company a second chance to file its appeal on time, showing courts prefer deciding cases on merit over punish

A buyer who delayed paying for Nakuru land lost its entire claim because it couldn't prove its damages, even though the seller also breached

A Kwale court refused to freeze land sale money held by an advocate, but sent the family land dispute to mediation.

A Kenyan court sent a property dispute to arbitration and refused to disqualify the developer's lawyers, ruling that contract validity quest

Kenya's Environment and Land Court struck out Tana Salt's bid to overturn an arbitrator's interim order, ruling the company should first fin

Gor Mahia lost its bid to overturn a Kshs 2.8 million award to a former player because it used the wrong court process in Kenya.

Kenya's Court of Appeal refused to stop execution of an arbitral award against Nairobi Water because the company never properly filed an app

Kenya's Court of Appeal confirmed that complaining an arbitrator got the evidence wrong is not a valid reason to overturn an arbitral award.

Kenya's Court of Appeal ruled that employment disputes can be sent to arbitration if the contract says so, even after the contract ends.

Kenya's Court of Appeal let a man appeal late because his US residence explained the 84-day delay, and money awards can compensate for delay

Kenya's Employment Court confirmed arbitration clauses in employment contracts are enforceable, but made the employer pay 75% of arbitration

A Kenyan employment court will only unfreeze a foreign company's assets if it first secures the money claimed, and jurisdiction will be deci

The Employment Court refused to send an unpaid salary case to arbitration because the employer admitted the debt and never followed the cont

A Kenyan court turned a mediated land dispute settlement into an enforceable judgment, ending a years-long family land fight without a full

The court refused to quash an irrigation committee's decision because it had already been adopted as a court judgment, which must be challen

A Kenyan court struck out an attempt to undo a mediated land settlement because the applicants never got the court's permission required bef

A Kenyan court allowed land buyers extra time to refund a purchase price, ruling the sellers could not block payment they themselves had mad

A Kenyan employer that ignored its own contract's negotiation and arbitration steps cannot use those steps to block an employee's court case

A Kenyan court refused to fast-track a Kshs 25.9 million claim because a settlement to rebuild a wall was not an outright admission of debt.

A Mombasa court barred a buyer from relitigating settled land claims, but allowed distinct claims against KCB over a vehicle loan to continu

A Kehancha magistrate's court ruled it has no power to send a sugar dispute to arbitration; only the High Court can transfer such cases.

A Kenyan magistrate's court cannot transfer a case to the Sugar Arbitration Tribunal — only the High Court has that power, so the defendant'

A Kenyan magistrate's court ruled it cannot transfer a case to the Sugar Arbitration Tribunal; only the High Court holds that power under se