Wambuzi Beta

Main subject areas

Activity

Published decisions from 1978 to 2025; busiest year 1978 (5 decisions).

Documented outcomes by case type

• Civil Appeal: Appeal dismissed (5); Appeal allowed (2); Affirmed the trial court's decision on liability but reduced (1); Appeals dismissed (1)
• Succession Cause: The grant of letter of administration was revoked. (1)
• Environment & Land Case: The court dismisses the plaintiff's claim against the 2nd an (1)
• Land Dispute: Appeal dismissed (1); The application to strike out the Plaintiff's suit and claim (1); The Plaintiff's claim for ownership of the land parcel plot (1)
• Land Dispute Appeal: Appeal dismissed (1)

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

Most-cited legislation

• Elections Act, 2011 (2)
• Succession Act (1)
• African Christian Marriage Act (1)
• Small Claims Court Act, Cap 10A, Laws of Kenya (1)
• Land Consolidation and Adjudication Act (1)
• Registered Land Act (1)
• Civil Procedure Rules, 2010 (1)
• Civil Procedure Act (1)

Documented reasoning patterns

• Most common procedural postures: Appeal from a judgment of the High Court (3), Appeal from an order of Chesoni J in the High Court at Nairobi (1), Appeal from a judgment in a suit for damages and transfer of land (1)
• [Civil Appeal] outcomes — Appeal dismissed with costs: 3/20, Appeal dismissed: 3/20, Appeal allowed: 3/20, Appeal dismissed with costs.: 2/20
• [Appeal] outcomes — Appeal Struck Out: 1/1
• [Income Tax Appeal] outcomes — Appeal allowed: 1/1
• [Criminal Appeal] outcomes — Appeal dismissed: 2/3, Appeal allowed, conviction and sentence quashed: 1/3

Writing characteristics

• Median judgment length ~18023 words
• Includes panel decisions

Remedy patterns

• The respondents are given judgment for the transfer of the appellant’s land, costs incurred in ploughing the land, and general damages for breach of contract; costs and interest on the sum awarded from date of filing suit until payment in full (1)
• Costs of the first trial will be in the discretion of the judge presiding over the retrial (1)
• Defendants will have the costs of this appeal taxed, but will be set off against costs awarded to the plaintiff in the retrial (1)
• Ordering defendants to pay plaintiffs Shs 32,849 without interest within seven days (1)
• Rent for the 12th floor from April 1973 onwards (1)

Citation patterns

• Avg cited authorities/decision: 0.8
• Frequently applied statutes: Civil Procedure Rules (1), Rules of this court (1), East African Income Tax Management Act (1), Land Control Act (1), Law of Contract Act (1)