See Chaskalson Beta

Main subject areas

Activity

Published decisions from 2013 to 2023; busiest year 2019 (7 decisions).

Documented outcomes by case type

• Civil Appeal: Appeal dismissed (3)
• Judicial Review: Affirmed (2); Application dismissed. (1); The court quashed the Nairobi City County Finance Act, 2013 (1); The ex parte applicant's application was dismissed. (1)
• Property Rights Dispute: Petition granted (1)
• Land Dispute: Appeal dismissed (1)
• Employment Dispute: The petitioners' application for restraining the respondents (1)

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

Most-cited legislation

• Fair Administrative Action Act, 2015 (3)
• Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Act, 2015 (2)
• Constitution of Kenya 2010 (2)
• Fair Administrative Action Act (2)
• Income Tax Act (cap 470) (1)
• Finance Act, 2020 (1)
• Tax Laws Amendment (No 2) Act, 2020 (1)
• East African Community Customs Management Act, 2004 (1)

Documented reasoning patterns

• Most common procedural postures: Appeal from an original trial (3), Appeal from the High Court of Kenya at Nairobi (1), Respondent's Appeal (1)
• [Constitutional Petition] outcomes — Affirmed: 1/3, The Uasin Gishu Finance Act, 2013 is declared invalid.: 1/3, Appeal upheld: 1/3
• [Judicial Review] outcomes — Affirmed: 2/8, The court quashed the Nairobi City County Finance Act, 2013 and prohibited its application.: 1/8, The ex parte applicant's application was dismissed.: 1/8, The ex parte applicant's application for orders of certiorari was dismissed.: 1/8
• [Petition for Constitutional Review] outcomes — Affirmation of the Regulations: 1/1
• [Constitutional Petition and Judicial Review] outcomes — Petition dismissed with costs: 1/1
• [Constitutional Application] outcomes — The court ordered the NLC to cease its investigations and proceedings.: 1/1

Writing characteristics

• Median judgment length ~98851 words
• Includes panel decisions

Remedy patterns

• Refund of excess charges to the Petitioner. (1)
• quashing the Act (1)
• prohibiting its application (1)
• compelling the Respondent to restore the initial rate of 17% (1)
• Cease investigations and proceedings (1)

Citation patterns

• Avg cited authorities/decision: 5.3
• Frequently applied statutes: Fair Administrative Action Act, 2015 (3), Constitution of Kenya 2010 (2), Fair Administrative Action Act (2), Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Act, 2015 (2), Nairobi City County Finance Act of 2013 (1)