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Civil-procedure [2025] KEELC 5139 (KLR)

Republic & another v County Land Registrar

Republic & another v County Land Registrar [2025] KEELC 5139 (KLR)

The court reviewed and set aside its earlier ruling after finding it had not considered the applicant’s filed opposition documents, and ordered the joinder application reheard.

  • Review-of-court-orders
  • Joinder-of-parties
  • Error-on-face-of-record
  • Right-to-fair-hearing
  • Fair-hearing
  • Judicial-review
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Civil-procedure [2025] KEHC 10698 (KLR)

Gakarau v Kenyan Alliance Insurance Company Limited

Gakarau v Kenyan Alliance Insurance Company Limited [2025] KEHC 10698 (KLR)

The High Court refused to review and set aside a judgment, holding that the defendant had not shown an error on the face of the record and that the issue was res judicata.

  • Review-of-judgment
  • Error-on-face-of-record
  • Res-judicata
  • Reopening-case
  • Error-apparent-on-the-face-of-the-record
  • Civil-procedure
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Civil-procedure [2025] KEELC 4995 (KLR)

Mitei v Too

Mitei v Too [2025] KEELC 4995 (KLR)

The court allowed a review application and corrected an error in its earlier ruling, changing the suit property reference from Nandi/Kapkangani/2407 to Nandi/Kapkangani/3402.

  • Review-of-court-orders
  • Error-on-face-of-record
  • Land-parcel-identification
  • Civil-procedure
  • Land-and-property
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Civil-procedure [2025] KEHC 9275 (KLR)

Okello v Beyruha Academy Limited & another

Okello v Beyruha Academy Limited & another [2025] KEHC 9275 (KLR)

The High Court allowed an appeal and restored a review application, holding that failure to attach an extracted order was not fatal where the record was available.

  • Review-of-court-orders
  • Extraction-of-decree
  • Error-on-face-of-record
  • Procedural-technicalities
  • Civil-procedure
  • Review-of-orders
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Civil-procedure [2025] KEELC 4317 (KLR)

Nyakech v Ayoo

Nyakech v Ayoo [2025] KEELC 4317 (KLR)

The Environment and Land Court at Siaya dismissed an application to review its earlier judgment, finding no new evidence or error on the face of the record.

  • Review-of-judgment
  • Error-on-face-of-record
  • Appeal-procedure
  • Stay-of-execution
  • Civil-procedure
  • Error-on-the-face-of-the-record
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Civil-procedure [2025] KEHC 7691 (KLR)

Homeart Limited v Diamond Trust Bank Kenya Limited & another

Homeart Limited v Diamond Trust Bank Kenya Limited & another [2025] KEHC 7691 (KLR)

The High Court dismissed a bid to review and stay its earlier ruling, finding no new evidence or apparent error and holding the court was functus officio.

  • Review-of-court-orders
  • Stay-of-execution
  • Functus-officio
  • Injunctions
  • Error-on-face-of-record
  • Civil-procedure
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Civil-procedure [2025] KECA 1003 (KLR)

Marete & 2 others v Kinyua (Sued as the Legal representative of the Estate of Patrick Kinyua Iringo - Deceased)

Marete & 2 others v Kinyua (Sued as the Legal representative of the Estate of Patrick Kinyua Iringo - Deceased) [2025] KECA 1003 (KLR)

Court of Appeal allowed an appeal after finding the High Court overlooked submissions already on record, making its refusal to review an error on the face of the record.

  • Review-of-judgment
  • Error-on-face-of-record
  • Rectification-of-land-register
  • Substantive-justice
  • Failure-to-consider-submissions
  • Civil-procedure
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Civil-procedure [2025] KEELC 4192 (KLR)

El Kithiri (Administrator of the Estate of Faraj Abeid) v Timimi

El Kithiri (Administrator of the Estate of Faraj Abeid) v Timimi [2025] KEELC 4192 (KLR)

The court struck out a review application because the defendant had already filed an appeal against the same decree, making concurrent review and appeal impermissible.

  • Review-of-judgment
  • Appeal-vs-review
  • Error-on-face-of-record
  • Subdivision-of-land
  • Civil-procedure
  • Environment-and-land-court
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Civil-procedure [2025] KEELC 4090 (KLR)

Maguta v Mukima

Maguta v Mukima [2025] KEELC 4090 (KLR)

The court dismissed a review application, finding no apparent error on the record and no genuinely new evidence warranting reopening of the judgment.

  • Review-of-judgment
  • Error-on-face-of-record
  • Discovery-of-new-evidence
  • Land-ownership-disputes
  • Error-on-the-face-of-the-record
  • New-evidence
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Employment-and-labour [2025] KEELRC 1534 (KLR)

Kenya Chemical Workers Union v Mac’s Pharmaceuticals Limited

Kenya Chemical Workers Union v Mac’s Pharmaceuticals Limited [2025] KEELRC 1534 (KLR)

The court dismissed a union’s application to review a prior judgment, holding that no new evidence, apparent error, or other sufficient reason for review was shown.

  • Review-of-judgment
  • Terminal-dues
  • Union-membership
  • Res-judicata
  • Error-on-face-of-record
  • Employment-law
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