Mary Gitumbi Beta

Main subject areas

Activity

Published decisions from 2013 to 2025; busiest year 2013 (121 decisions).

Documented outcomes by case type

• Interlocutory Injunction: Application dismissed (43); Dismissed (4); Application dismissed. (3); Granted (3)
• Civil: Application dismissed (27); Dismissed (15); Appeal dismissed (9); Dismissed with costs (5)
• Land Dispute: Application dismissed (16); Dismissed (11); Appeal dismissed (9); Application dismissed with costs (2)
• Contempt of Court: Application dismissed (5)
• Temporary Injunction: Application dismissed (5)

Counts are per published decision as classified by AI; not comparable across courts or years.

Most-cited legislation

• Civil Procedure Act (56)
• Civil Procedure Rules, 2010 (48)
• Land Registration Act (45)
• Civil Procedure Rules (17)
• Limitation of Actions Act (8)
• Constitution of Kenya 2010 (6)
• Sexual Offences Act (6)
• Evidence Act (5)

Documented reasoning patterns

• Most common procedural postures: Application for Temporary Injunction (11), Appeal from a lower court decision (10), Appeal from the original trial outcome (8)
• [Environmental and Land Case] outcomes — Appeal dismissed: 1/1
• [Civil] outcomes — Application dismissed: 11/69, Dismissed: 7/69, Appeal dismissed: 7/69, Dismissed with costs: 3/69
• [Land Dispute] outcomes — Application dismissed: 8/55, Dismissed: 8/55, Appeal dismissed: 6/55, Application dismissed with costs: 2/55
• [Interlocutory Injunction] outcomes — Application dismissed: 19/29, Application dismissed.: 1/29, The Plaintiff's Application is dismissed.: 1/29, Interlocutory injunction granted.: 1/29
• [Injunction] outcomes — Denied: 2/5, Granted: 1/5, Dismissed: 1/5, Appeal allowed: 1/5

Writing characteristics

• Median judgment length ~8152 words
• Includes panel decisions

Remedy patterns

• Temporary injunction (9)
• Costs shall be in the cause (5)
• Costs in the cause (4)
• None (4)
• Damages (3)

Citation patterns

• Avg cited authorities/decision: 0.9
• Frequently applied statutes: Civil Procedure Rules, 2010 (23), Civil Procedure Act (14), Land Registration Act (13), Civil Procedure Act, 2010 (4), Law of Contract Act (3)