Msagha Mbogholi Beta

Main subject areas

Activity

Published decisions from 1993 to 2023; busiest year 2016 (3 decisions).

Documented outcomes by case type

• Civil Application: The Notice of Appeal is not struck out with costs. (1)
• Miscellaneous Civil Application: The motion for review is dismissed with costs to the respond (1)
• Land Dispute: The Plaintiff is awarded the costs of the suit against the D (1); The Plaintiff's claim for a Sale Agreement was dismissed. (1)
• Miscellaneous Application: Appeal dismissed (1)
• Criminal Appeal: Appeals dismissed (1); Both appellants shall be set free forthwith unless otherwise (1); Appeal allowed, conviction and sentence quashed (1); Appeal allowed (1)

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

Most-cited legislation

• Civil Procedure Act (2)
• Employment and Labour Relations Court Rules (1)
• Land Registration Act (1)
• Limitation of Actions Act (1)
• Law of Succession Act (1)
• Section 306 (a) of the Penal Code (1)
• Section 275 of the Penal Code (1)
• Section 320 of the Penal Code (1)

Documented reasoning patterns

• Most common procedural postures: Appeal from a decision of the High Court at Nairobi (1), Appeal from the original trial outcome (1), Appeal from a Temporary Injunction granted by the Principal Magistrate, Kiambu (1)
• [Defamation] outcomes — Affirming the decision of the High Court.: 1/1
• [Election Petition] outcomes — Dismissed: 1/1
• [Civil Appeal] outcomes — Appeal dismissed: 1/2, Affirmed: 1/2
• [Judicial Review] outcomes — The court quashes the 1st Respondent's decision and prohibits the 1st and 2nd Respondents from visiting the parcel: 1/2, Allowing the ex-parte applicant to amend his notice of motion: 1/2
• [Civil] outcomes — The court will not make a determination on the justiciability of the plaintiff's suit.: 1/2, Application dismissed: 1/2

Writing characteristics

• Median judgment length ~31808 words
• Includes panel decisions

Remedy patterns

• Maintenance of the temporary injunction orders (1)
• Quashing of the 1st Respondent's decision (1)
• Prohibition of the 1st and 2nd Respondents from visiting the parcel (1)
• Compelling the 3rd Respondent to restore entries (1)

Citation patterns

• Avg cited authorities/decision: 0.8
• Frequently applied statutes: Civil Procedure Act (1), Constitution of Kenya 2010 (1), Article 159 (1), Article 38 (1), Evidence Act (Cap 80) (1)