Michael Kizito Beta

Main subject areas

Activity

Published decisions from 2025 to 2026; busiest year 2025 (25 decisions).

Documented outcomes by case type

• Civil Appeal: Appeal dismissed (3); Affirmed (3); The appeal is dismissed. (2); The appeal is upheld, and the judgment of the lower court is (1)
• Commercial Appeal: Appeal upheld (1)
• Succession: The grant of Letters of Administration was revoked. (1); The grant of Letters of Administration issued on 12.8.2016 s (1); The court dismissed the appeals, finding that the applicants (1); The court found the will valid and determined the beneficiar (1)
• Civil Suit: The application for arbitration is rejected. (1)
• Miscellaneous Criminal Application: Dismissed (1)

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

Most-cited legislation

• Law of Succession Act (4)
• Evidence Act, Cap 80 Laws of Kenya (3)
• Criminal Procedure Code (2)
• Evidence Act (2)
• Probate and Administration Rules (1)
• Kenya Information and Communications Act, 1998 (1)
• Companies Act (1)
• Constitution of Kenya (1)

Documented reasoning patterns

• Most common procedural postures: First Appeal (9), Appeal from original trial (4), Appeal from the original trial (1)
• [Civil Appeal] outcomes — Affirmed: 3/14, Appeal dismissed: 3/14, The appeal is dismissed.: 2/14, The appeal is upheld, and the judgment of the lower court is set aside.: 1/14
• [Miscellaneous Succession Application] outcomes — Appeal dismissed: 1/1
• [Commercial Appeal] outcomes — Appeal upheld: 1/1
• [Miscellaneous Application] outcomes — Judgment in favor of the Applicant: 1/1
• [Succession] outcomes — The grant of Letters of Administration was revoked.: 1/6, The application is dismissed.: 1/6, The grant of Letters of Administration issued on 12.8.2016 should not be revoked, and the respondent should not be held in contempt of court. The court should not appoint an administrator in the circumstances of this case.: 1/6, The court dismissed the appeals, finding that the applicants failed to prove their claims on the balance of probabilities.: 1/6

Writing characteristics

• Median judgment length ~30262 words
• Includes panel decisions

Remedy patterns

• Further proceedings to determine liability and quantum of damages (1)
• Judgment for the Applicant in the sum of Ksh. 97,920/= with interest (1)
• 30 days stay of execution (1)
• Costs to be provided for (1)
• Special powers for guardians and managers (1)

Citation patterns

• Avg cited authorities/decision: 2.8
• Frequently applied statutes: Law of Succession Act (4), Evidence Act, Cap 80 Laws of Kenya (3), Criminal Procedure Code (2), Evidence Act (2), Evidence Act, Cap 80 (1)