Ex-gratia payments -or- a place to call home? The case of the Buxton Affordable Housing Project

“On my part, I think the petitioners should be grateful, because I have not seen any clause in their tenancy agreement that obligates the respondent to grant them alternative accommodation, in the event that the respondent needs its premises. It should not be forgotten that the relationship between the petitioners and the respondent is one […]

Protecting the right to housing in Kenya: An analysis of legal frameworks challenges and recommendations

The right to housing is one of the most important and pertinent rights espoused in the Constitution of Kenya under its bill of rights. Article 43(1)(b) provides that, ‘every person has the right to accessible and adequate housing, and to reasonable standards of sanitation’. Article 53 of the same constitution furthers this particular right and […]

Constitutional Law, Family Law, Issue 86 - March 2023
March 01, 2023
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End of an era or error? a contextualized analysis of the historical evolution of the law on the division of matrimonial property

The law on matrimonial property has experienced massive progress. First things first, matrimonial property is made up of matrimonial home(s), household goods and effects in the matrimonial home or homes or any other immovable and movable property jointly owned and acquired during the subsistence of marriage.[1] Back in the days, the principle of corveture used […]