Jairus Ngaah Beta

Main subject areas

Activity

Published decisions from 2015 to 2025; busiest year 2016 (13 decisions).

Documented outcomes by case type

• Civil Appeal: Appeal dismissed (3); Appeal allowed (1); The appeal will not be dismissed. (1)
• Criminal Appeal: Appeal dismissed (2)
• Civil Application: Stay of execution of the High Court's judgment (1)
• Appeal: The applicant is granted leave to file the appeal within sev (1)
• Judicial Review: Dismissed with costs (1); The application is dismissed. (1); The proceedings are struck out and expunged from the record. (1); Order to set aside the Taxing Master's order (1)

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

Most-cited legislation

• Penal Code (3)
• Advocates Remuneration (Amendment) Order, 2014 (2)
• Law of Succession Act (2)
• Civil Procedure Act (2)
• Registration of Persons Act (Cap. 107) (1)
• Section 339(1) of the Penal Code (1)
• Section 268 and Section 275 of the Penal Code (1)
• Civil Procedure Rules (1)

Documented reasoning patterns

• Most common procedural postures: Appeal from a decision of the Senior Resident Magistrate, Milimani, dismissing the plaintiff's application for leave to file suit out of time. (1), Petition for Letters of Administration Intestate vs Protest (1), Application to set aside Taxing Master's order (1)
• [Civil] outcomes — The court dismissed the defendants' argument that the suit was statute barred and that the Senior Resident Magistrate had no jurisdiction to grant leave.: 1/3, Application dismissed: 1/3, Appeal dismissed: 1/3
• [Succession] outcomes — Petitioner's proposal for distribution confirmed: 1/3, The application is granted.: 1/3, The protest is dismissed, and the certificate of confirmation of the grant of letters of administration is confirmed.: 1/3
• [Costs Dispute] outcomes — Application dismissed: 1/1
• [Judicial Review] outcomes — Order to set aside the Taxing Master's order: 1/7, The application for leave to apply for Judicial Review was dismissed with costs to the Respondent.: 1/7, The application for leave to institute judicial review proceedings was dismissed: 1/7, Dismissed with costs: 1/7
• [civil appeal] outcomes — Appeal dismissed: 1/1

Writing characteristics

• Median judgment length ~23475 words
• Includes panel decisions

Remedy patterns

• None (1)
• Injunction (1)
• Confirmation of the grant of letters of administration (1)
• Division of the land into three equal portions (1)
• General damages for pain and suffering (1)

Citation patterns

• Avg cited authorities/decision: 1.8
• Frequently applied statutes: Civil Procedure Act (2), Advocates Remuneration (Amendment) Order, 2014 (2), Law of Succession Act (2), Penal Code (2), Limitation of Actions Act (1)