by Allen Waiyaki Gichuhi C.Arb SC | May 9, 2022 | Legal update
“He may not have been a model guarantor but, like Shakespeare’s King Lear, he definitely was a man more sinned against than sinning. And he was entitled to the aid of the law.” – Extract from judgment in Nairobi Civil Appeal No. 80 of 2017 Basil...
by Caxstone Kigata and Frankline Otieno | May 9, 2022 | Legal update
“Kenya’s history of electoral processes since the multiparty era have depicted highly contested, ‘do or die’ processes. While coming at the tail end of the electoral management process, dispute resolution plays a critical part in ensuring free and fair elections.”...
by Allen Waiyaki Gichuhi C.Arb SC | Feb 15, 2022 | Legal update
Creditors love defaulting borrowers; they are the best source of profits. A borrower takes a KES 21 million loan which, having failed to service, balloons to the sum of KES 103 million by the time the creditor initiates recovery. However, in respect of banks,...
by Kennedy Kithinji and Damaris Muia | Feb 10, 2022 | Legal update
“There is a very real danger that financial regulation will become a wolf in sheep’s clothing.” Henry Paulson, former US Secretary of Treasury. A. Introduction Money laundering is deemed as the process of making ‘dirty money’ (illegally obtained money) appear...
by Kennedy Kithinji and Damaris Muia | Dec 14, 2021 | Legal update
“Law and technology produce, together, a kind of regulation of creativity we’ve not seen before.” Lawrence Lessig, American Academic, Attorney and Political Activist. A. Introduction Digital finance are financial services which rely on digital technology for...
by Caxstone Kigata, Kennedy Kithinji and Damaris Muia | Nov 25, 2021 | Legal update
A. Introduction “When it comes to divide an estate, the politest men quarrel.” By Ralph Waldo Emerson Succession or inheritance is defined in the Black’s Law Dictionary 5th Edition as “the devolution of title to property under the law of descent and distribution. The...
