Rawal Beta

Main subject areas

Activity

Published decisions from 2002 to 2026; busiest year 2015 (25 decisions).

Documented outcomes by case type

• Civil Appeal: Appeal dismissed (10); Affirmed (6); Appeal dismissed with costs (3); The appeal was dismissed. (3)
• Succession: Application dismissed (4); Appeal dismissed (4); Appeal upheld (2)
• Criminal Appeal: Affirmed (4); Appeal dismissed (2)
• Civil: Appeal dismissed (3); Affirmed (2); Application dismissed (2); Appeal upheld (1)
• Election Petition: Petition dismissed (2)

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

Most-cited legislation

• Civil Procedure Rules (16)
• Civil Procedure Act (16)
• Law of Succession Act (14)
• Constitution of Kenya, 2010 (11)
• Constitution of Kenya (10)
• Constitution of Kenya 2010 (9)
• Civil Procedure Rules, 2010 (8)
• Probate and Administration Rules (7)

Documented reasoning patterns

• Most common procedural postures: Appeal from original trial (30), Appeal from the original trial (23), Appeal from the original trial outcome (18)
• [Criminal] outcomes — Not guilty: 21/71, Not Guilty: 10/71, Acquitted: 8/71, Guilty of murder, sentenced to death: 6/71
• [Probate and Administration] outcomes — Application dismissed: 2/7, Grant of Probate to Mary Wanjiku Kimaru: 1/7, The application for stay is dismissed.: 1/7, Application allowed: 1/7
• [Divorce] outcomes — The marriage is dissolved.: 17/87, Dissolution of marriage: 9/87, Marriage dissolved: 5/87, Petitioner's petition granted: 4/87
• [Miscellaneous Application] outcomes — Appeal dismissed: 2/10, Dismissed: 1/10, Order of certiorari issued to quash the proceedings, decision and award by the Meru Central District Land Dispute Tribunal.: 1/10, Application dismissed: 1/10
• [Succession] outcomes — Appeal dismissed: 11/108, Application dismissed: 6/108, The application is dismissed.: 3/108, Dismissed: 3/108

Writing characteristics

• Median judgment length ~10339 words
• Includes panel decisions

Remedy patterns

• None specified (3)
• Costs of the application shall be in the cause (2)
• Revocation of grant of representation (2)
• Damages (2)
• Nullification of the confirmed grant (1)

Citation patterns

• Avg cited authorities/decision: 0.3
• Frequently applied statutes: Civil Procedure Act (28), Civil Procedure Rules (24), Probate and Administration Rules (13), Constitution of Kenya (10), Children Act, 2001 (8)