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
Land disputes constitute a significant component of Njuguna & Partners LLP’s litigation practice, reflecting the complexity and sensitivity of land rights in Kenya’s legal and social landscape. The firm advises individual landowners, corporations, financial institutions, government entities, and community land trusts on all aspects of disputed land rights.
Areas of Practice
Njuguna & Partners LLP’s land dispute practice covers:
- Title disputes: Challenging or defending titles obtained through fraud, forgery, misrepresentation, or irregular allocation, including applications for cancellation of titles under the Land Registration Act, 2012.
- Adverse possession claims: Advising on the law of adverse possession and representing clients in claims before the Environment and Land Court.
- Boundary disputes: Representing parties in disputes over boundaries between adjoining landowners, including survey-related evidence and expert testimony.
- Partition and compulsory acquisition: Advising on the rights of co-owners and the legal requirements for compulsory acquisition by government authorities, including fair compensation assessments under the Land Act, 2012.
- Cautions, caveats, and inhibitions: Filing and challenging these restrictions on the Land Register to protect disputed interests.
- Riparian and easement rights: Advising on access rights, rights of way, wayleaves, and the use of shared resources adjacent to or across parcels of land.
- Community land and trust land: Advising on rights arising under the Community Land Act, 2016, including registration and management of community land.
Njuguna & Partners LLP has represented parties in land ownership disputes involving properties valued at over Kshs. 2 billion in proceedings before the High Court, Court of Appeal, and Supreme Court of Kenya.
