Court Mandated Mediation: Kenya's Approach
Article from: TDM 4 (2016), in Africa
Abstract
There is an exponential increase in multi-sectoral commercial investment in East Africa, and having an efficient and predictable environment to resolve differences with consideration of the cost and time taken is a concern that investors have. Kenya, which is the gateway into East Africa, has taken meaningful steps to improve investor confidence in the judicial system, including creation of courts with specialism in commerce and admiralty. This paper discusses the efforts that the Kenyan judiciary has taken, in collaboration with the Law Society of Kenya, to increase efficiency and case ...