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Activity

Published decisions from 2015 to 2026; busiest year 2025 (347 decisions).

Documented outcomes by case type

• Civil Appeal: Appeal dismissed (49); Appeal allowed (17); Affirmed (15); Appeal granted (6)
• Civil: Application dismissed (10); Appeal dismissed (6); Dismissal (4)
• Miscellaneous Civil Application: Application allowed (7); Application granted (6); The application is granted. (5); Judgment in favor of the Applicant (4)
• Criminal Appeal: Appeal dismissed (6); Affirmed (5)
• Miscellaneous Application: Application dismissed (5)

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

Most-cited legislation

• Civil Procedure Act (147)
• Civil Procedure Rules (78)
• Criminal Procedure Code (48)
• Civil Procedure Rules, 2010 (39)
• Penal Code (35)
• Advocates Remuneration (Amendment) Order, 2014 (35)
• Constitution of Kenya, 2010 (21)
• Advocates Act (20)

Documented reasoning patterns

• Most common procedural postures: Appeal from original trial (35), Appeal from an original trial (29), Appeal from the original trial outcome (25)
• [Criminal Appeal] outcomes — Appeal dismissed: 5/25, Affirmed: 4/25, The appeal is dismissed.: 2/25, Guilty: 1/25
• [Civil Appeal] outcomes — Appeal dismissed: 45/197, Appeal allowed: 16/197, Affirmed: 14/197, Appeal granted: 6/197
• [Criminal] outcomes — Conviction and sentence upheld: 3/51, The accused is found to have a case to answer and is placed on his defence.: 3/51, Guilty: 2/51, The accused is placed on his defence.: 2/51
• [Taxation of Costs] outcomes — The Court upholds the taxation of costs but sets aside the assessment of instruction fees under : 1/2, The Court sets aside the Taxing Officer's decision and orders the Bill of Costs to be re-taxed.: 1/2
• [Miscellaneous Application] outcomes — Application dismissed: 4/72, The application was granted.: 3/72, The application was dismissed.: 2/72, The application is dismissed.: 2/72

Writing characteristics

• Median judgment length ~11821 words
• Includes panel decisions

Remedy patterns

• Stay of execution (5)
• Declaration (4)
• Stay of execution pending appeal (4)
• Leave to appeal out of time (3)
• Injunction (3)

Citation patterns

• Avg cited authorities/decision: 0.8
• Frequently applied statutes: Civil Procedure Act (144), Civil Procedure Rules (76), Criminal Procedure Code (46), Civil Procedure Rules, 2010 (39), Advocates Remuneration (Amendment) Order, 2014 (35)