by Caxstone Kigata | Jan 25, 2021 | Legal update
As with all other areas of law, intellectual property rights came along so as to protect an individual’s intangible creation and innovation of the mind. Nick Harckaway, author of the Blind Giant, expressed his idea of intellectual property in the following words:...
by Caxstone Kigata | Dec 7, 2020 | Legal update
Van Vechten Veeder, a United States Judge stated: “one’s good name is as truly the product of one’s efforts as any physical possession; indeed, it alone gives to material possessions their value.” It therefore follows that a person’s name or reputation...
by Caxstone Kigata | Dec 2, 2020 | Legal alerts
The East African Court of Justice (First Instance Division), herein after knowns as ‘EACJ”, on the 30th of November 2020 ruled in a highly contested suit that indeed it has the jurisdiction to interrogate the decision of the Kenyan Courts including the Supreme Court...
by Caxstone Kigata | Nov 30, 2020 | Legal update
The former Chief Justice, Dr. Willy Mutunga firmly stated in the year 2012, that colonial mindsets have persisted, in the executive, the legislature and, unfortunately, even in the judiciary, even after independence. In a bid to promote progressive jurisprudence in...
by Caxstone Kigata and Shalma Maina | Sep 28, 2020 | Legal update
(An Analysis of the Classical Case of Paul Muhoro Kihara vs Barclays Bank (K) Ltd, Milimani HCCC No.33 of 2002 (2001) 2EA 420) Brief Background Paul Muhoro Kihara (hereinafter referred to as “Paul”) was an employee of Barclays Bank of Kenya (hereinafter referred to as...
