A recent spate of initial public offerings, high-profile mergers and acquisitions, and litigation has thrust intellectual property (IP) into an increasingly critical position in global economics. However, many organizations often fail to understand the value of and...
(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...
Enforcement of foreign judgments in Kenya is the subject of The Foreign Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act (Cap 43 of the Laws of Kenya). The objective of the Act is to make provision for enforcement of judgments given in countries outside Kenya which accord...
Introduction Employees are contractually obliged to perform their assigned tasks to satisfactory levels. Though the Employment Act may be scanty as regards what constitute a poor performance, the key consideration would be that the employee should have failed to meet...
Justice should not only be done but seen to be done. Whenever parties appear before a judge, they expect them to be fair and serve justice to them. However, the law is not blind to the possibility of bias and therefore provides for the mechanism through which...
The Data Protection Act (hereinafter referred to as “the Act”) came into force in Kenya on the 25th November 2019 to inter alia regulate the processing of personal data and to provide a legal and institutional mechanism to protect personal data. Since its enactment,...
