Catherine Mutava Beta

Main subject areas

Activity

Published decisions from 2012 to 2025; busiest year 2012 (14 decisions).

Documented outcomes by case type

• Civil Suit: Application dismissed (3); The application is dismissed. (2); Dismissed with costs (2); The court granted the application for stay of proceedings. (1)
• Civil: Appeal dismissed (2); Dismissed (2); The Plaintiff is granted leave to amend the plaint as per th (1); The matter is transferred to the High Court of Kenya Environ (1)
• Succession: Petition dismissed (1)
• Civil Appeal: The petition of appeal is struck out for want of jurisdictio (1)
• Miscellaneous Application: The application is dismissed (1); Appeal dismissed (1)

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

Most-cited legislation

• Civil Procedure Act (18)
• Civil Procedure Rules (9)
• Civil Procedure Rules, 2010 (7)
• Civil Procedure Rules 2010 (3)
• Civil Procedure Act, Cap. 21 Laws of Kenya (3)
• Registered Land Act (2)
• Civil Procedure Act Cap 21 (2)
• Judicature Act (2)

Documented reasoning patterns

• Most common procedural postures: Appeal from the original trial outcome (8), Appeal from a final order (2), Application for summary judgment (2)
• [Civil Suit] outcomes — Judgment in favor of the Plaintiff: 3/41, Application dismissed: 2/41, Application dismissed with costs: 2/41, The judge disqualified himself from hearing the matter, and the case was re-listed for hearing by the Presiding Judge.: 1/41
• [Costs Dispute] outcomes — Affirmed: 1/1
• [Interlocutory Application] outcomes — Interim orders for stay of execution of the decree have subsisted until this ruling.: 1/1
• [Civil] outcomes — Application dismissed: 2/17, The defendants were restrained from dealing with the property.: 1/17, The court ordered a stay of execution pending appeal, but required the Defendants to provide a joint security of Kshs. 10,000,000/- within 21 days.: 1/17, Judgment entered for the Plaintiff: 1/17
• [Miscellaneous Application] outcomes — The Plaintiff's Notice of Motion is allowed: 1/2, Granting of the Chamber Summons application with costs to the Applicants and remittal of the Bill of Costs for re-taxation.: 1/2

Writing characteristics

• Median judgment length ~10688 words
• Includes panel decisions

Remedy patterns

• Judgment for rent arrears (1)
• Interim measures of protection to prevent dissipation of assets. (1)
• Permanent injunction (1)
• Declaration (1)
• Release of title deed (1)

Citation patterns

• Avg cited authorities/decision: 0.5
• Frequently applied statutes: Civil Procedure Act (19), Civil Procedure Rules (10), Criminal Procedure Code (5), Companies Act (4), Evidence Act (3)