Peter Karan Beta

Main subject areas

Activity

Published decisions from 2001 to 2025; busiest year 2023 (6 decisions).

Documented outcomes by case type

• Succession: The Court dismissed the Application. (1)
• Miscellaneous Application: The application is granted with conditions (1)
• Land Dispute: Interlocutory judgment set aside (1); The Plaintiff's appeal was dismissed. (1); The Plaintiff's claim for permanent injunction and vacating (1); Affirmed (1)
• Environment and Land Case: Interlocutory judgment entered against the first, third, and (1); The application for joinder of the proposed interested parti (1); The Plaintiffs' appeal was dismissed. (1)
• Contempt of Court: The Plaintiff's Notice of Motion Application is unmerited and (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 (3)
• Penal Code (3)
• Land Registration Act (2)
• Constitution of Kenya (2)
• Limitation of Action's Act (1)
• Order 10 Rules 4, 6, 9, and 10 (1)
• Government Lands Act (Disposal of Land within townships) (1)

Documented reasoning patterns

• Most common procedural postures: Appeal from an original trial decision (2), Appeal from interlocutory judgment (1), Original Trial (1)
• [Land Dispute] outcomes — Interlocutory judgment set aside: 1/6, The Plaintiff's appeal was dismissed.: 1/6, The Plaintiff's claim for permanent injunction and vacating possession is upheld.: 1/6, Application granted: 1/6
• [Environment and Land Case] outcomes — Interlocutory judgment entered against the first, third, and fourth defendants: 1/3, The application for joinder of the proposed interested parties is dismissed.: 1/3, The Plaintiffs' appeal was dismissed.: 1/3
• [Contempt of Court] outcomes — The Plaintiff's Notice of Motion Application is unmerited and disallowed. The 1st and 2nd Defendants' Notice of Motion Application is merited but not made.: 1/1
• [Interlocutory Injunction] outcomes — The application was compromised.: 1/1
• [Land Case] outcomes — The plaintiffs' objection to the procedure employed by the defendant of seeking to be granted adverse possession was dismissed.: 1/1

Writing characteristics

• Median judgment length ~28080 words
• Includes panel decisions

Remedy patterns

• General damages for trespass (1)
• Costs of the suit (1)
• Deposit of net pay in the Judiciary Account (1)
• Preservation of the substratum of the suit land. (1)
• Enlarged time to appeal (1)

Citation patterns

• Avg cited authorities/decision: 1.8
• Frequently applied statutes: Civil Procedure Rules (3), Land Registration Act (2), Constitution of Kenya (2), Civil Procedure Act (2), Order 10 Rules 4, 6, 9, and 10 (1)