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Riparian Land in Kenya: Understanding the Legal Property Boundaries Near Water Bodies for Property Investors and Developers - The Kenyan Coastal Region

Real Estate, Banking & Finance

Riparian Land In Kenya: Understanding The Legal Property Boundaries Near Water Bodies For Property Investors And Developers - The Kenyan Coastal Region

Riparian land refers to the land adjacent to or alongside a river, stream, lake, ocean or any other natural water body. In Kenya it constitutes land which is within a certain distance from the highes...

Standstill Agreements: -A Comparative Analysis of Kenyan and English Law

Debt Recovery, Restructuring & Insolvency

Standstill Agreements: -a Comparative Analysis Of Kenyan And English Law

A standstill agreement is a contractual arrangement between parties in a dispute or financial distress that temporarily halts enforcement actions, litigation, or running of limitation periods. Its mai...

An Overview of Tax Reliefs Accessible to Registered Family Trusts in Kenya

Tax Law Advisory

An Overview Of Tax Reliefs Accessible To Registered Family Trusts In Kenya

Family trusts in Kenya have become a crucial tool in estate and succession planning. Some of the advantages that family trusts offer include: ...

Big Relief for Foreign Companies in Kenya as the High Court departs from past decisions on the right to sue

Dispute Resolution

Big Relief For Foreign Companies In Kenya As The High Court Departs From Past Decisions On The Right To Sue

For years, foreign companies looking to sue in Kenya have lived with a nagging fear. Thanks to rulings like Stichting Rabo Bank Foundation v Ava Chem [2024] and Root Capital Incorporated [2016], the m...

Voluntary Early Retirement Schemes (VERS): Court Reaffirms Their Binding and Standalone Nature

Employment, Labour Relations and Immigration Law Advisory

Voluntary Early Retirement Schemes (vers): Court Reaffirms Their Binding And Standalone Nature

The dispute involved four long-serving employees who left employment under a Voluntary Early Retirement Scheme (VERS) in 2019. They later challenged the computation of their exit packages, claiming en...

The Renewal of Trademarks in Kenya

IP & TMT ( Telecommunications, Media & Technology)

The Renewal Of Trademarks In Kenya

In Kenya, the registration of a trademark confers upon the proprietor the exclusive right to use the mark in connection with the specific goods or services for which it is registered. ...

Court of Appeal Confirms Power to Reopen Its Own Judgments in the Interest of Justice

Dispute Resolution

Court Of Appeal Confirms Power To Reopen Its Own Judgments In The Interest Of Justice

Kenya Court of Appeal Reaffirms Its Residual Jurisdiction to Reopen Final Judgments in Exceptional Cases. In a significant decision delivered on 9 June 2023, the Court of Appeal of Kenya in Mwambeja R...

Legal Boundaries of Data Commissioner’s Enforcement Powers

Cyber Security, Privacy & Data Protection

Legal Boundaries Of Data Commissioner’s Enforcement Powers

In a landmark judgment Metropolis Star Lab Kenya Ltd v Kioko & another (Civil Appeal E1140 of 2024) [2025] KEHC 8211 (KLR) (Civ) (12 June 2025) (Judgment), the High Court of Kenya has reaffirmed the c...

Kenya High Court Clarifies the Primacy of Insolvency Proceedings Over Arbitration Clauses

Debt Recovery, Restructuring & Insolvency

Kenya High Court Clarifies The Primacy Of Insolvency Proceedings Over Arbitration Clauses

Precedent-Setting Judgment in Opticom Kenya Limited v. Kenya Hospital Association t/a The Nairobi Hospital on the Interaction Between Insolvency Law and Arbitration Agreements-Milimani Commercial & Ta...


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