Mw Muigai Beta

Main subject areas

Activity

Published decisions from 2015 to 2026; busiest year 2022 (176 decisions).

Documented outcomes by case type

• Civil Appeal: Appeal dismissed (37); Appeal granted (17); Affirmed (5); Appeal granted with conditions (5)
• Adoption: Adoption granted (35)
• Criminal Appeal: Appeal dismissed (26); Affirmed (4)
• Succession: Appeal dismissed (10); Appeal upheld (6)
• Civil Suit: Appeal dismissed (7)

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

Most-cited legislation

• Civil Procedure Act (71)
• Criminal Procedure Code (56)
• Civil Procedure Rules, 2010 (46)
• Law of Succession Act (42)
• Penal Code (38)
• Evidence Act (36)
• Children's Act 2022 (20)
• Civil Procedure Rules (19)

Documented reasoning patterns

• Most common procedural postures: Appeal from original trial (67), Appeal from the original trial (31), Appeal from a conviction and sentence (30)
• [Succession] outcomes — Appeal dismissed: 10/68, Appeal upheld: 6/68, The grant of letters of administration is revoked.: 2/68, Application dismissed: 2/68
• [Civil] outcomes — Appeal dismissed: 6/31, The preliminary objection was overruled, and the application was determined on its merits.: 1/31, The application to set aside the injunction granted on 20th June 2019 is granted and the injunction is vacated.: 1/31, Interlocutory judgment set aside: 1/31
• [Civil Suit] outcomes — Appeal dismissed: 7/25, Application dismissed with costs to the defendant: 1/25, The O.S of 23rd May 2018 is upheld and granted.: 1/25, Judgment in favor of the Plainti for USD 382,558.76 and the statement of defense is struck out.: 1/25
• [Miscellaneous Civil Case] outcomes — The Application of 22nd September 2020 is dismissed: 1/1
• [Adoption] outcomes — Adoption granted: 35/54, The Applicants are authorized to adopt Baby A alias JN1.: 1/54, The applicant is allowed to adopt the child and the child's name is changed to EMK.: 1/54, Adoption granted and child's name changed to AMMO: 1/54

Writing characteristics

• Median judgment length ~26959 words
• Includes panel decisions

Remedy patterns

• Stay of execution pending appeal (18)
• Stay of execution (9)
• Stay of execution pending appeal. (7)
• None (4)
• Revocation of grant (3)

Citation patterns

• Avg cited authorities/decision: 2.0
• Frequently applied statutes: Civil Procedure Act (71), Criminal Procedure Code (56), Civil Procedure Rules, 2010 (46), Law of Succession Act (42), Penal Code (38)