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Arbitration [2025] KEELC 8379 (KLR)

Northstream Limited v Registered Trustees of the Comboni Sisters

The court found the challenge to the arbitrator time-barred and unproved, and it declined to nullify the arbitration. It maintained the status quo over the suit property pending arbitration.

  • Challenge-to-arbitrator
  • Bias-and-apparent-bias
  • Time-limits-under-section-14(3)-of-the-arbitration-act
  • Interim-measures-of-protection-under-section-7-of-the-arbitration-act
  • Status-quo-in-arbitration
  • Lease-dispute
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Land-and-property [2025] KEELC 5069 (KLR)

Milly Glass Works Limited v Kenya Railways Corporation

Milly Glass Works Limited v Kenya Railways Corporation [2025] KEELC 5069 (KLR)

The court dismissed a res judicata objection and granted a temporary injunction restraining Kenya Railways from distressing for rent over a disputed arrears demand.

  • Lease-disputes
  • Rent-arrears
  • Injunctive-relief
  • Res-judicata
  • Jurisdiction
  • Affidavit-validity
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Land-and-property [2025] KEELC 5061 (KLR)

Mara North Holdings Limited v Sananka

Mara North Holdings Limited v Sananka [2025] KEELC 5061 (KLR)

The court granted a status quo order in a lease dispute, allowing the plaintiff to remain in possession of the land pending trial while barring development or alteration.

  • Lease-disputes
  • Injunctive-relief
  • Status-quo-orders
  • Landlord-tenant-relationship
  • Landlord-tenant
  • Environment-and-land-court
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Civil-procedure [2025] KECA 1126 (KLR)

Osembe v Kipkai Enterprises Limited

Osembe v Kipkai Enterprises Limited [2025] KECA 1126 (KLR)

The Court of Appeal upheld the refusal to set aside an ex parte judgment, finding that summons had been properly served and the application was delayed.

  • Setting-aside-ex-parte-judgment
  • Service-of-summons
  • Judicial-discretion
  • Default-judgment
  • Lease-disputes
  • Civil-procedure
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Land-and-property [2025] KEHC 7126 (KLR)

County Government of Kakamega & another v BCM Abled Disabled Group

County Government of Kakamega & another v BCM Abled Disabled Group [2025] KEHC 7126 (KLR)

The High Court at Kakamega struck out an appeal and stay application, holding the dispute over a public toilet lease belonged to the Environment and Land Court.

  • Jurisdiction-of-courts
  • Public-land-lease
  • Tender-disputes
  • Stay-of-proceedings
  • Jurisdiction
  • Environment-and-land-court
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Land-and-property [2025] KEELC 4158 (KLR)

Gakui v Golden Gate Cargo Company Limited

Gakui v Golden Gate Cargo Company Limited [2025] KEELC 4158 (KLR)

The Environment and Land Court allowed an appeal against a temporary injunction, holding the trial court failed to properly assess the lease evidence and prima facie case.

  • Lease-disputes
  • Temporary-injunctions
  • Burden-of-proof
  • Unregistered-leases
  • Environment-and-land-appeal
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Land-and-property [2025] KEELC 4194 (KLR)

Unity Auto Garage (Nairobi) v Kenya Railways Corporation

Unity Auto Garage (Nairobi) v Kenya Railways Corporation [2025] KEELC 4194 (KLR)

The court granted a temporary injunction to stop eviction from disputed leased land and set aside a default judgment, allowing both sides to be heard.

  • Interlocutory-injunctions
  • Default-judgment
  • Lease-disputes
  • Eviction
  • Possession-of-land
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Commercial-and-corporate [2025] KEHC 5107 (KLR)

Bible Society of Kenya Registered Trustees v Tre-Tech Solutions Limited

Bible Society of Kenya Registered Trustees v Tre-Tech Solutions Limited [2025] KEHC 5107 (KLR)

The High Court granted enforcement of a domestic arbitral award, finding the applicant met section 36 requirements and the respondent proved no section 37 grounds.

  • Arbitration-award-enforcement
  • Lease-disputes
  • Res-judicata
  • Recognition-of-awards
  • Grounds-for-refusal
  • Finality-of-award
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Land-and-property [2025] KEELC 3657 (KLR)

Mwaniki v Nyaga

Mwaniki v Nyaga [2025] KEELC 3657 (KLR)

The Environment and Land Court upheld a finding that the appellant breached a lease for miraa farming, dismissed the appeal, and awarded costs to the respondent.

  • Lease-disputes
  • Breach-of-contract
  • Liquidated-damages
  • Land-law
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Commercial-and-corporate [2025] KEHC 1031 (KLR)

Al-Yusra Restaurant Limited v Kenya Railways Corporation & another

Al-Yusra Restaurant Limited v Kenya Railways Corporation & another [2025] KEHC 1031 (KLR)

The High Court partly allowed an appeal over a restaurant space at Mombasa SGR Terminus, finding no valid transfer from the 2nd respondent but awarding special damages against Kenya Railways.

  • Breach-of-contract
  • Lease-disputes
  • Special-damages
  • Periodic-tenancy
  • Contractual-estoppel
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