Jane Onyango Beta

Main subject areas

Activity

Published decisions from 2017 to 2026; busiest year 2025 (186 decisions).

Documented outcomes by case type

• Appeal: Appeal dismissed (21); Affirmed (5); The appeal was dismissed. (4); Appeal granted (4)
• Miscellaneous Application: Application dismissed (6); Dismissed (5); Dismissed with costs (3); The application is granted. (3)
• Land Dispute Appeal: Appeal dismissed (6)
• Civil Appeal: Appeal dismissed (4)
• Civil: Application dismissed (4); The application is dismissed. (3); Appeal dismissed (2); The suit was dismissed. (2)

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

Most-cited legislation

• Civil Procedure Act (71)
• Civil Procedure Rules (63)
• Limitation of Actions Act (25)
• Land Registration Act (21)
• Environment and Land Court Act (16)
• Civil Procedure Rules, 2010 (14)
• Civil Procedure Rules 2010 (9)
• Law of Succession Act (8)

Documented reasoning patterns

• Most common procedural postures: Appeal from the original trial (51), Appeal from an original trial (19), Appeal from a previous judgment (15)
• [Civil Suit] outcomes — Dismissed with costs: 1/7, The Court will first deal with the issue of whether the Applicant can be joined in a matter that has already been determined.: 1/7, The application for an injunction is denied.: 1/7, The Plaintiff's claims for adverse possession and orders of adverse possession were dismissed.: 1/7
• [Land Dispute] outcomes — Appeal dismissed: 3/79, The suit is struck out with costs to the defendant.: 2/79, Affirmed: 2/79, The appeal is dismissed.: 2/79
• [Land Dispute Appeal] outcomes — Appeal dismissed: 6/16, Appeal allowed: 2/16, The appeal is dismissed.: 1/16, The appeal is upheld, and the judgment of the trial Magistrate is set aside.: 1/16
• [Judicial Review] outcomes — Dismissed: 1/4, The application has merit and the court granted the application, quashing the decision of the appeals committee and ordering the costs to be borne by the interested party.: 1/4, The application was dismissed as the court does not have the authority to interpret its own judgment but may clarify issues regarding costs.: 1/4, The ex-parte Applicant's Notice of Motion is allowed.: 1/4
• [Eviction] outcomes — The application is allowed.: 1/3, Appeal dismissed, Counterclaim upheld: 1/3, The Application was dismissed.: 1/3

Writing characteristics

• Median judgment length ~18650 words
• Includes panel decisions

Remedy patterns

• Temporary injunction (8)
• Granting leave to file the Reply to Defence and Defence to Counterclaim of the 1st and 4th Defendants, further statements and documents and a pretrial bundle (4)
• None (3)
• Permanent injunction (3)
• Stay of execution (3)

Citation patterns

• Avg cited authorities/decision: 1.6
• Frequently applied statutes: Civil Procedure Act (71), Civil Procedure Rules (63), Limitation of Actions Act (25), Land Registration Act (21), Environment and Land Court Act (16)