Wessels Wessels Beta

Main subject areas

Activity

Published decisions from 2018 to 2025; busiest year 2021 (4 decisions).

Documented outcomes by case type

• Election Petition: The petition was not dismissed, and the court will consider (1)
• Public Procurement Review: The Request for Review is struck out. (1); Dismissal of the Request for Review (1)
• Judicial Review: Denied (1); The ex parte applicant's application was dismissed. (1); The preliminary objection is upheld. (1); The Court granted the applicants leave to institute the proc (1)
• Land Case: The preliminary objection is upheld, and the applications ar (1)
• Criminal Case: Guilty of murder (1)

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

Most-cited legislation

• Civil Procedure Rules, 2010 (5)
• Law Reform Act (4)
• Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Act, 2015 (2)
• Limitation of Actions Act (2)
• Act No. 31 of 2011 (2)
• Elections (Parliamentary and County Elections) Petition Rules 2017 (1)
• Elections [General] Regulations 2012 (1)
• Constitution, 2010 (1)

Documented reasoning patterns

• Most common procedural postures: Application for leave to apply for judicial review (1), Ex parte application for prohibition against the Kenya Medical Laboratories Technicians and Technologists Board (1), Ex parte application for leave to apply for judicial review orders (1)
• [Judicial Review] outcomes — The preliminary objection is upheld.: 1/6, The ex parte application is dismissed.: 1/6, The Court granted the applicants leave to institute the proceedings and found that the applicants are entitled to the reliefs sought.: 1/6, The court granted the ex parte applicant's leave to institute Judicial Review proceedings.: 1/6
• [Income Tax Appeal] outcomes — Affirmed: 1/1
• [Election Petition] outcomes — The petition was not dismissed, and the court will consider the merits of the case.: 1/1
• [Criminal Case] outcomes — Guilty of murder: 1/1

Writing characteristics

• Median judgment length ~56826 words
• Includes panel decisions

Remedy patterns

• Quashing the decision of the first Respondent varying the applicants' passes. (1)
• Quashing the decision of the first Respondent placing the applicants on the immigration 'watch list'. (1)
• Compelling the first Respondent to remove the applicants from the immigration 'watch list'. (1)
• Compelling the Respondents to return the third applicants' motor vehicle registration number and other items. (1)
• None specified (1)

Citation patterns

• Avg cited authorities/decision: 5.3
• Frequently applied statutes: Civil Procedure Rules, 2010 (4), Law Reform Act (3), Limitation of Actions Act (2), Act No. 31 of 2011 (2), Civil Procedure Rules (1)