Hawkins Hawkins Beta

Main subject areas

Activity

Published decisions from 2004 to 2026; busiest year 2024 (5 decisions).

Documented outcomes by case type

• Civil Appeal: Appeal dismissed (5); The appeal was dismissed. (2); The Appellant substantially succeeded in the appeal. (1); Affirmed (1)
• Civil: Dismissed (2); The Plaintiff's claim for damages for malicious prosecution (1); The plaintis' suit against the defendants is hereby dismiss (1); The plaintiff's claim for malicious prosecution was dismisse (1)
• Constitutional Petition: Petition dismissed (1); Affirmed (1); The court dismissed the petition. (1)
• Miscellaneous Civil Application: The Court set aside the order of the Director of Kenya Medic (1)
• Tort: The plaintiff's claim for damages for malicious prosecution (1); The plaintis' claims for malicious prosecution and damages (1)

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

Most-cited legislation

• Criminal Procedure Code (8)
• Penal Code (4)
• Universal Declaration of Human Rights (2)
• Civil Procedure Act (1)
• Stamp Duty Act (1)
• Fair Administrative Action Act (1)
• National Prosecution Policy (1)
• Section 317 of the Penal Code (1)

Documented reasoning patterns

• Most common procedural postures: First Appeal (3), Appeal from an order of the Director of Kenya Medical Training College (1), Appeal from the dismissal of a suit for wrongful arrest and detention as well as malicious prosecution (1)
• [Miscellaneous Civil Application] outcomes — The Court set aside the order of the Director of Kenya Medical Training College and ordered the Applicant to be discharged to re-examine himself.: 1/1
• [Civil Appeal] outcomes — Appeal dismissed: 5/12, The appeal was dismissed.: 2/12, Appeal successful: 1/12, Affirmed: 1/12
• [civil] outcomes — The appeal is partially successful.: 1/1
• [Petition for Violation of Constitutional Rights] outcomes — The court dismissed the petition.: 1/1
• [Civil] outcomes — Dismissed: 2/7, The plaintiff's claim for malicious prosecution was dismissed.: 1/7, The Plaintiff is awarded Kshs 7,400,000 in total compensation.: 1/7, Appeal dismissed: 1/7

Writing characteristics

• Median judgment length ~47605 words
• Includes panel decisions

Remedy patterns

• Compensation for special, general, and aggravated damages (1)
• Interest on awarded damages (1)
• A declaration that the arrest was unlawful and unconstitutional (1)
• An order stopping further or other arrest and re-arrest and linking the petitioner to the said Matungu Killings (1)
• Damages as a result of the breach of his constitutional rights. (1)

Citation patterns

• Avg cited authorities/decision: 2.6
• Frequently applied statutes: Criminal Procedure Code (7), Penal Code (3), Universal Declaration of Human Rights (2), Regulation No. 12: 1-9 on accommodation/catering of Kenya Medical Training College (1), Former Constitution of Kenya (1)