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Main subject areas

Activity

Published decisions from 1989 to 2025; busiest year 2023 (7 decisions).

Documented outcomes by case type

• Criminal Appeal: Appeal dismissed (2); Appeal successful, conviction and sentence set aside, retria (1)
• Land Dispute: The appeal was dismissed. (1)
• Civil Suit: The court did not adopt the consent agreement. (1); Guilty of contempt of court (1); The Plaintiff's suit is dismissed. (1)
• Civil Appeal: The motion is dismissed. (1); The court dismisses the Respondent's motion. (1); The appeal is allowed out of time (1); Affirmed (1)
• Miscellaneous Application: The judgment debtor will bear the costs occasioned by this m (1); The application is granted. (1); The court will not set aside the consent order and will not (1)

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

Most-cited legislation

• Civil Procedure Act (6)
• Civil Procedure Rules, 2010 (3)
• Civil Procedure Rules 2010 (3)
• Penal Code (2)
• Law of Succession Act (2)
• Civil Procedure Act (CPA) (1)
• Probate and Administration Rules (1)
• Limitation of Actions Act (1)

Documented reasoning patterns

• Most common procedural postures: Appeal from conviction and sentence (3), Appeal from the original trial outcome (3), Appeal from conviction and sentence of the Second Class District Magistrate's Court (1)
• [Criminal Appeal] outcomes — Appeal dismissed: 2/6, The appeal was dismissed.: 1/6, Affirmed the conviction and sentence: 1/6, The appeal is dismissed.: 1/6
• [Commercial Dispute] outcomes — The Defendant's application for a stay of proceedings and referral to arbitration was granted.: 1/1
• [Succession] outcomes — Application denied: 1/2, Application dismissed with costs to the respondent.: 1/2
• [Civil Suit] outcomes — The court did not adopt the consent agreement.: 1/3, Guilty of contempt of court: 1/3, The Plaintiff's suit is dismissed.: 1/3
• [Civil Appeal] outcomes — The motion is dismissed.: 1/4, The court dismisses the Respondent's motion.: 1/4, The appeal is allowed out of time: 1/4, Affirmed: 1/4

Writing characteristics

• Median judgment length ~26337 words
• Includes panel decisions

Remedy patterns

• Guilty of contempt of court (1)
• Sentencing hearing to be held on a date to be taken (1)
• Facilitating execution in satisfaction of the outstanding decretal sums (1)
• Costs to the respondent. (1)
• Costs of the application to be determined in the appeal (1)

Citation patterns

• Avg cited authorities/decision: 1.9
• Frequently applied statutes: Civil Procedure Act (3), Penal Code (2), Law of Succession Act (2), Sexual Offences Act No. 3 of 2006 (1), Article 50 of the Constitution of Kenya (1)