Judgment
Case law
Search tips: "exact phrase" · -exclude · land | property · negligen* · citations like [2023] KEHC 123
Division and case type: CivilCivil Appeal
…If this is so, even where statute law and the common law are held to be of equal standing, then a fotiori, on the assumption that in Kenya, the common law is of a lower standing than statute law, statute law can make greater…
…inroads into the common law.…
Division and case type: CriminalCase number Criminal Application
…As to the law and procedure followed in England, it is to be noted that criminal contempt in England is a common law misdemeanour which may be dealt with either on indictment in accordance with ordinary criminal procedure…
Division and case type: CivilCivil Suit
…Registered land, however, by section 163 of the Act is subject to the “common law of England, as modified by equity” which brings in the equitable doctrines of implied, constructive and resulting trusts.…
Division and case type: CivilCivil Appeal
…The categorical conclusion is that the wife never had any duty at common law to bury her husband. That was always the duty of his personal representatives.…