Ex-Parte Benjamin Beta

Main subject areas

Activity

Published decisions from 2020 to 2025; busiest year 2022 (4 decisions).

Documented outcomes by case type

• Constitutional and Human Rights Petition: Jurisdiction found to be established. (1)
• Constitutional Petition: The Committee's Terms of Reference are declared unconstituti (1); The court declared that the Respondents violated the Constit (1)
• Petition for Review: The application for review is dismissed. (1)
• Judicial Review: Application dismissed (1); The ex parte Applicant's application was dismissed. (1); The ex parte orders are set aside (1)
• Judicial Review Application: The court granted the ex parte application and certified it (1); The court declined to grant the applicant leave to operate a (1)

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

Most-cited legislation

• Constitution of Kenya 2010 (2)
• Civil Procedure Act (2)
• Civil Procedure Rules (2)
• National Social Security Fund Act, 2013 (2)
• Fair Administrative Action Act (2)
• Affordable Housing Act 2024 (1)
• National Health Insurance Fund Act (1)
• Social Health Insurance Act (1)

Documented reasoning patterns

• Most common procedural postures: Ex parte application for leave to commence judicial review proceedings and for leave to be exempted and allowed to sustain the JR proceedings (1), Respondents raised jurisdictional issues, Petitioners argued for jurisdiction. (1), Respondent's Motion to Dismiss (1)
• [Judicial Review Application] outcomes — The court granted the ex parte application and certified it as urgent, granting prayers 2 and 3.: 1/1
• [Constitutional and Human Rights Petition] outcomes — Jurisdiction found to be established.: 1/1
• [Constitutional Petition] outcomes — The Committee's Terms of Reference are declared unconstitutional and the Committee's actions are null and void.: 1/2, The court declared that the Respondents violated the Constitution by enacting the impugned Act.: 1/2

Writing characteristics

• Median judgment length ~150696 words
• Includes panel decisions

Remedy patterns

• Exempted the applicant from exhausting remedies (1)
• Allowed the applicant to sustain the JR proceedings (1)
• nullification of the Committee's actions and Terms of Reference (1)
• A declaration that the Respondents violated Article 230(4)(a) of the Constitution. (1)
• A declaration that the Respondents failed to conduct public participation. (1)

Citation patterns

• Avg cited authorities/decision: 1.8
• Frequently applied statutes: Constitution of Kenya 2010 (2), Fair Administrative Action Act (1), Constitution of Kenya, 2010 (1), Affordable Housing Act 2024 (1), National Health Insurance Fund Act (1)