Quincy on the Law

What is the procedure for deportation under Kenyan Law? Can a potential deportee object to an order of deportation? Tune in to learn the law behind deportation.

Whereas the owners and passengers of transport network companies are a happy lot, drivers and owners of the vehicles are disgruntled and aggrieved. This episode explores the complaints by drivers and the response of the government by gazetting the online transport network services Regulations of 2022.

Judgment writing is the hardest of the legal arts to master. Following the decision of the Supreme Court of Kenya in the Presidential petitions of 2022, there have been criticisms about the language employed by the Court. This episode analyses the language of judicial judgments.

In this episode, we review the Sustainable Waste Management Act which establishes a framework for Waste management. The Act provides for obligations which attract hefty fines in the event of non compliance on private entities, accounting officers of County governments and other public bodies. Kenyans are entitled to the the right to a clean and healthy environment and the Act is a stride in that direction. This is a recommended listen for environmentalists, private sector entities, members of the public and government officers and producer of products and packages that cause a negative impact to the Environment.

We hereby provide a Case brief of the infamous Basil Criticos case where the Court of Appeal awarded him a whooping 2.8 Billion Kshs.

About 2,211 people have died from road accidents in Kenya since January 2022. Most of the accidents are attributed to drunk driving. The Cabinet Secretary in charge of transport has drafted the traffic drunk driving rules to curb the vice. We hereby review them for your reference, understanding and awareness.

An unconscionable contract is one that is extremely unfair, unduly harsh and commercially unreasonable. We expound on more about this in the context of lenders and exorbitant interest rates.

This episode episode expounds on the need for expert testimony, its qualification and probative value.

Are you facing the threat of auctioneers? Here is the law, their duties, obligations and timelines.

In a landmark judgment, Peter Mwau and another vs Insurance Regulatory Authority and two others, the IRA was found liable to settle the judgments entered against policy holders who had taken out an insurance cover with a collapsed insurance company. The insurance Co failed to settle claims leading to execution and attachment of a policy holder's personal property. The rationale of the Court was that it is double jeopardy for the state to mandate parties to take out insurance covers yet fail to monitor insurance companies to ensure that the consumers of the insurance services receive the same.