Akiwumi Beta

Main subject areas

Activity

Published decisions from 1988 to 2026; busiest year 1997 (8 decisions).

Documented outcomes by case type

• Civil Appeal: Appeal dismissed (9); Affirmed (5); Appeal allowed (3); Affirming the damages awarded under the Fatal Accidents Act, (2)
• civil: Appeal dismissed (3)
• Civil: Application dismissed (2); The plaintiff is awarded the return of the Peugeot 305 car, (1); Appeal dismissed (1)
• Civil Application: The court ordered the 2nd respondent to release the sum of K (1)
• Civil Appeal (Application): Appeal dismissed (1)

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

Most-cited legislation

• Civil Procedure Act (6)
• Evidence Act (4)
• Small Claims Act (3)
• Judicature Act Cap 8 Laws of Kenya (3)
• Civil Procedure Rules (3)
• Constitution of Kenya (2)
• Advocates (Remuneration) Order (2)
• Limitation of Actions Act (2)

Documented reasoning patterns

• Most common procedural postures: Second Appeal (7), Application for stay of execution pending appeal (5), Appeal from a judgment of the High Court of Kenya (4)
• [Criminal Appeal] outcomes — Appeal dismissed: 23/52, Appeal allowed: 7/52, Order for retrial: 1/52, Appeal dismissed, judgment and orders of the superior court set aside, appellants discharged: 1/52
• [Civil Appeal] outcomes — Appeal dismissed: 19/99, Appeal allowed: 6/99, Dismissed: 5/99, Appeal successful: 3/99
• [civil] outcomes — dismissed with costs: 2/11, The appeal is struck out with no order as to costs.: 1/11, The appellant succeeds to a considerable extent in the appeal.: 1/11, The appeal is incompetent and struck out with costs: 1/11
• [Appeal] outcomes — Appeal dismissed: 8/47, Appeal allowed: 5/47, The appeal is struck out.: 4/47, Dismissed: 2/47
• [Civil Application] outcomes — Appeal dismissed: 3/14, Application dismissed: 3/14, The application is taken out of today's list and stood over generally.: 2/14, The application for stay of execution is granted.: 1/14

Writing characteristics

• Median judgment length ~7929 words
• Includes panel decisions

Remedy patterns

• Costs will be in the appeal. (2)
• The costs to be in the intended appeals. (2)
• costs to the respondent (1)
• Immediate eviction of respondents from the suit premises (1)
• Costs awarded to the applicants and the City Council of Nairobi (1)

Citation patterns

• Avg cited authorities/decision: 0.2
• Frequently applied statutes: Civil Procedure Rules (10), Criminal Procedure Code (7), Penal Code (5), Civil Procedure Act (4), Limitation of Actions Act (3)