Litigation: Representation in Every Court and Tribunal
The Litigation Department provides legal services to our diverse clients before the Supreme Court, Court of Appeal, High Court, Environment & Land Court, Employment and Labour Relations Court, Magistrate Courts, tribunals and various committees. Whether a matter is at its first hearing or on appeal, we take it from pleadings and interlocutory applications through to hearing, judgment and execution, and we keep clients informed at every stage of the process.
Every brief begins with a careful assessment of the facts, the evidence and the applicable law, so that clients understand the strengths and risks of their position before costs are incurred. Where a dispute can be resolved more quickly and economically through negotiation, we pursue settlement; where it cannot, we prepare thoroughly and present the client's case firmly before the court or tribunal.
The Firm also undertakes negotiation, prosecuting and defending of claims arising from road traffic and industrial accidents, recoveries under subrogation and declaratory suits for insurance companies. We undertake debt recovery, both secured and unsecured, for financial institutions, including banks and micro-finance institutions, SACCOs, private companies, businesses and individuals, from demand letters and negotiated repayment plans to suits, realisation of securities and execution of decrees.
Our constitutional and administrative law practice covers petitions for the enforcement of fundamental rights and freedoms under the Constitution of Kenya, 2010, and applications for judicial review of decisions by public bodies. We also act in land and employment disputes, and in succession matters, including applications for grants of probate and letters of administration, confirmation of grants and objections.
The Department also handles family matters, approaching them with discretion and sensitivity, including divorce, judicial separation, maintenance, child custody and adoption. We represent clients in arbitration and mediation proceedings, which often offer a faster, private and less adversarial route to resolving commercial and family disputes.
What We Handle
- Land-related disputes
- Employment issues
- Enforcement of breach of fundamental human rights as enshrined in the Constitution
- Judicial review
- Succession matters: probate and administration causes
- Road traffic and industrial accident claims
- Subrogation recoveries and declaratory suits for insurance companies
- Debt recovery, secured and unsecured
- Arbitration and mediation proceedings
- Family matters: divorce, judicial separation, maintenance, matrimonial causes, child adoption, support and maintenance, and Mohammedan law