[2025] KEHC 7044 (KLR)

[2025] KEHC 7044 (KLR)

The court found that the parties had failed to take any step to prosecute or conclude the succession cause for over one year. Pursuant to section 76(d) of the Law of Succession Act, the court exercised its discretion to close the cause due to inactivity.

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Citation
[2025] KEHC 7044 (KLR)
Parties
Applicant: Wilson Kipkemoi Laboso
Court
High Court
Court Station
High Court at Bomet
Jurisdiction
Kenya
Case Number
Succession Cause 25 of 2018
Procedural Posture
Succession Cause / Ruling on Inactivity/closure
Outcome
cause closed due to inactivity
Judges
JK Ng'arng'ar
Legal Topics
Succession Proceedings, Cause Closure, Inactivity of Parties
Source Language
en
Family and Children Succession Proceedings Cause Closure Inactivity of Parties

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Parties

Wilson Kipkemoi Laboso

Applicant

Procedural Posture

Succession Cause / Ruling on Inactivity/closure

Legal Issues

  1. 1 Whether the succession cause should be closed due to inactivity by the parties.

Ratio Decidendi

The court found that the parties had failed to take any step to prosecute or conclude the succession cause for over one year. Pursuant to section 76(d) of the Law of Succession Act, the court exercised its discretion to close the cause due to inactivity.

Court Disposition

cause closed due to inactivity

Orders

  • This cause is closed pursuant to section 76(d) of the Law of Succession Act.