Chesoni Beta

Main subject areas

Activity

Published decisions from 1982 to 2026; busiest year 2025 (73 decisions).

Documented outcomes by case type

• Civil Appeal: Appeal dismissed (36); Affirmed (10); Appeal allowed (8); Appeal successful (4)
• Appeal: Appeal dismissed (8); Affirmed (2)
• Criminal Appeal: Appeal dismissed (4)
• Civil: The suit is dismissed. (3); Appeal dismissed (3); The plaintiff's suit was dismissed for want of prosecution. (2); Affirmed (2)
• Civil Suit: Application dismissed (3); Appeal dismissed (2)

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

Most-cited legislation

• Civil Procedure Act (49)
• Civil Procedure Rules (34)
• Evidence Act (22)
• Penal Code (14)
• Criminal Procedure Code (14)
• Civil Procedure Rules, 2010 (10)
• Law Reform Act (7)
• Constitution of Kenya (7)

Documented reasoning patterns

• Most common procedural postures: Appeal from conviction and sentence (7), Appeal from a conviction and sentence (5), Second Appeal (5)
• [Criminal Appeal] outcomes — Appeal dismissed: 44/100, Appeal allowed: 9/100, Appeals dismissed: 6/100, Appeal allowed, conviction and sentence quashed: 3/100
• [Appeal] outcomes — The appeal is dismissed.: 2/8, Appeal dismissed: 1/8, Appeal dismissed with costs: 1/8, The application is allowed.: 1/8
• [Civil Appeal] outcomes — Appeal dismissed: 8/38, Appeal allowed: 8/38, Appeal dismissed with costs: 4/38, Affirmed: 2/38
• [civil] outcomes — Appeal allowed, High Court's order set aside, application for security for costs referred back to the High Court.: 1/7, Appeal dismissed: 1/7, The appellant's claim for payment for 114 days of terminal leave was dismissed.: 1/7, The application to adduce additional evidence is dismissed.: 1/7
• [civil appeal] outcomes — The appeal is struck out.: 1/1

Writing characteristics

• Median judgment length ~11587 words
• Includes panel decisions

Remedy patterns

• Set appellant at liberty (2)
• The appellant is set free (2)
• The appellant must be set at liberty. (1)
• No order for costs of the appeal (1)
• Damages of Kshs 20,000 awarded to the appellant (1)

Citation patterns

• Avg cited authorities/decision: 0.8
• Frequently applied statutes: Penal Code (26), Criminal Procedure Code (18), Penal Code (cap 63) (10), Criminal Procedure Code (cap 75) (6), Civil Procedure Act (3)