PRACTICE AREA DETAILS
- Date 16 Mar 2026
- Location Golf View Office Suites, 6th Floor, Wambui Road Off Kiambu Road, Opposite Muthaiga Golf Club, Nairobi
- Category Dispute Management Department
ABOUT THIS PRACTICE AREA
Njuguna & Partners LLP provides sensitive, discreet, and expert legal counsel in matters touching on family law and the administration of deceased estates. These matters often carry significant emotional weight alongside their legal complexity, and the firm’s approach reflects an understanding of both dimensions.
Succession and Estate Administration
The firm advises executors, administrators, beneficiaries, and creditors of estates in connection with:
- Filing and obtaining grants of letters of administration and probate under the Law of Succession Act, Cap. 160, including both testate and intestate estates.
- Confirming grants and distributing estate assets among beneficiaries.
- Contested succession proceedings, including disputes over the validity of a will, allegations of undue influence or lack of testamentary capacity, challenges by dependent relatives under section 26 of the Succession Act, and disputes between co-administrators.
- Cross-border succession issues, including estates involving assets located in multiple jurisdictions and the recognition of foreign grants.
- Family trusts and inter-generational wealth structuring, including the establishment and administration of trusts to protect and distribute family wealth.
Family Law
The firm handles matrimonial disputes and family law matters, including:
- Divorce proceedings under the Matrimonial Causes Act, Cap. 152, and the Marriage Act, 2014, including dissolution of statutory, customary, Islamic, and Hindu marriages.
- Matrimonial property disputes, including determination and division of matrimonial property under the Matrimonial Property Act, 2013.
- Maintenance, custody, and access disputes involving children.
- Adoption matters under the Children Act.
