Gacheru Beta

Main subject areas

Activity

Published decisions from 2004 to 2025; busiest year 2023 (20 decisions).

Documented outcomes by case type

• Civil: Appeal dismissed (4); Application for review denied, hearing of the application pr (1); The application is dismissed with costs to the Plaintiff. (1); Dismissed with costs (1)
• Land Suit: Appeal dismissed (3)
• Land Dispute: Appeal dismissed (2); Affirmed (2); The 1st defendant's application for a stay of proceedings is (1); The defendant was ordered to be summoned to appear in court (1)
• Appeal: The application was dismissed with costs to the respondent. (1)
• Civil Appeal (Application): The application for extension of time to file a Memorandum o (1); Application dismissed (1); Dismissed (1)

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

Most-cited legislation

• Civil Procedure Act (16)
• Civil Procedure Rules (13)
• Civil Procedure Rules, 2010 (4)
• Limitation of Actions Act (4)
• Land Registration Act (4)
• Land Act (3)
• Appellate Jurisdiction Act (3)
• Environment and Land Court Act (3)

Documented reasoning patterns

• Most common procedural postures: Appeal from the original trial (80), Appeal from the original trial outcome (39), Appeal from a lower court decision (33)
• [Civil Miscellaneous Application] outcomes — Granted: 1/1
• [Civil Suit] outcomes — Granted: 2/24, Appeal dismissed: 2/24, Application dismissed: 2/24, Application granted: 1/24
• [Civil] outcomes — Appeal dismissed: 13/170, Dismissed: 6/170, Application dismissed: 6/170, Application dismissed with costs: 3/170
• [Land Registration] outcomes — Dismissed: 2/8, The application is allowed with costs.: 1/8, The application is allowed, and the restriction is removed.: 1/8, Appeal allowed: 1/8
• [Land Dispute] outcomes — Appeal dismissed: 16/255, Judgment for the Plaintiff: 16/255, Application dismissed: 11/255, Dismissed: 7/255

Writing characteristics

• Median judgment length ~18150 words
• Includes panel decisions

Remedy patterns

• Injunction (29)
• Declaration of ownership (22)
• Costs of the suit (21)
• Temporary injunction (14)
• None (12)

Citation patterns

• Avg cited authorities/decision: 0.9
• Frequently applied statutes: Civil Procedure Act (207), Land Registration Act (106), Civil Procedure Rules (105), Civil Procedure Rules 2010 (26), Constitution of Kenya 2010 (25)