Per Ainley Beta

Main subject areas

Activity

Published decisions from 1997 to 2025; busiest year 2025 (2 decisions).

Documented outcomes by case type

• Civil: Application allowed (2); Appeal successful (1); The application is dismissed, and the ex parte judgment and (1); The motion application is dismissed. (1)
• Application to set aside ex parte judgme: The ex parte judgment was set aside and the defendant was gr (1)
• Civil Appeal: The appeal is dismissed as incompetent. (1); The appeal was reinstated and the costs were ordered to be p (1); Appeal allowed (1); The appeal was successful, and the default judgment was set (1)
• Land Dispute: Appeal allowed (1)
• Civil Suit: The application for setting aside the judgment was denied. (1)

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

Most-cited legislation

• Civil Procedure Act (4)
• Civil Procedure Rules (4)
• Order IXA Rules 10 (1)
• Order XXI Rule 25 Civil Procedure Rules (1)
• Limitations of Actions Act (1)
• Civil Procedure Rules, 2010 (1)
• Kenya Ports Authority Act (Cap, 391) (1)

Documented reasoning patterns

• Most common procedural postures: Appeal from a default judgment (2), Application to set aside an ex parte judgment (1), Defendant applied to set aside an interlocutory judgement due to delay in filing an appearance. (1)
• [Civil] outcomes — Application allowed: 2/5, The exparte judgment is set aside.: 1/5, Application granted: 1/5, Defendant's application granted: 1/5
• [Civil Appeal] outcomes — Appeal allowed: 1/4, The appeal is dismissed as incompetent.: 1/4, The appeal was successful, and the default judgment was set aside.: 1/4, The appeal was reinstated and the costs were ordered to be provided for the applicant.: 1/4
• [Civil Suit] outcomes — The application for setting aside the judgment was denied.: 1/1

Writing characteristics

• Median judgment length ~24301 words
• Includes panel decisions

Remedy patterns

• Defence on record to be deemed filed and served (1)
• Ordinarily thrown away costs awarded (1)
• Stay of execution pending hearing of application (1)
• Recovery of Kshs 215,000 (1)
• Reinstatement of the appeal (1)

Citation patterns

• Avg cited authorities/decision: 2.0
• Frequently applied statutes: Civil Procedure Rules (2), Civil Procedure Act (2), Order IXA Rules 10 (1), Order XXI Rule 25 Civil Procedure Rules (1), Civil Procedure Rules, 2010 (1)