by Charles Wamae | Nov 18, 2019 | Legal update
Kenya’s construction industry has skyrocketed in the past 5 years and seems to have engaged a high gear in the past three years. Among the many bubbles likely to burst, over and above the speculation by pundits about the prices of houses, will be the issue of payment...
by Wamae Allen | Nov 11, 2019 | Legal update
Hire Purchase Generally A hire purchase agreement (HPA) is defined under the Hire Purchase Act as an agreement for the bailment of goods under which the bailee may buy the goods or under which the property in the goods will or may pass to the bailee. The Act came into...
by Judy Guandaru and Virginiah Nduta | Nov 4, 2019 | Legal update
The Black’s Law Dictionary[1] defines “Intellectual Property” as a category of intangible rights protecting commercially valuable products of the human intellect and they include trademarks, patents, copyrights, trade secrets, publicity rights, moral rights and rights...
by Caxstone Kigata and Andrew Kabugu | Oct 28, 2019 | Legal update
On 16th May 2018, Justice G.V. Odunga in Petition No. 412 of 2016- Dr. Robert K. Ayisi versus The Kenya Revenue Authority and Another delivered a landmark Judgement on the extent to which a Bank may disclose customer information for tax purpose to the Kenya Revenue...
by Allen Waiyaki Gichuhi C.Arb SC and Andrew Kabugu | Oct 21, 2019 | Legal update
On 13th June 2019, the Cabinet Secretary for Finance while delivering the proposed budget spending for the year 2019-2020 tabled the Finance Bill 2019. The bill seeks to amend the law relating to various taxes and duties and for matters incidental thereto. The Bill...
by Wamae Allen | Oct 14, 2019 | Legal update
Many of our relatives or friends have fallen ill and, in many circumstances, they are unable to manage their estates. Some of these illnesses have caused mental disorder which in turn translates to a lack of legal capacity to contract on their own accord. Questions...
