by Caxstone Kigata and | Dec 10, 2019 | Legal update
Introduction The long wait for the Director of Occupational Safety and Health Services (hereinafter referred to as “the Director”) established under the Work Injuries Benefits Act, 2007 (hereinafter referred to as “WIBA”) to hear work injury related claims is now...
by Wamae Allen | Dec 3, 2019 | Legal update
In a High court ruling delivered in 2012 in the case of Samuel G. Momanyi v Attorney General & another [2012] eKLR, it was held that Section 45(3) of the Employment Act 2007 requiring an employee to have worked for a minimum period of 13 months in order to bring a...
by Wamae Allen | Nov 26, 2019 | Legal update
The prudential guidelines by the CBK, Consumer Protection Act, Competition Act and the Banking Act do not limit the bank from advertising distrained or repossessed assets. Again, in Hire Purchase, the Owner is permitted by law to repossess their goods and resell them,...
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 Wamae Allen | 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...
