High Court commercial
A listed manufacturer
Judgment for the client in a KES 4.8 billion suit after a three-week hearing at Milimani.
Nairobi · Mombasa · Kisumu
HaleWhitmore
Advocates of the High Court of Kenya.
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The principle
We take fewer matters so that each one can be won.
Hale Whitmore is a Kenyan advocacy practice. We appear in the High Court, the specialised courts, the Court of Appeal, and the Supreme Court. The docket is short by design. The advocate whose name is on the engagement letter is the advocate who stands up.
1978
Founded in Nairobi
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Kenyan offices
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Advocates
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Senior Counsel
Since 1978
Founded on Kimathi Street. Still a Kenyan firm.
James Hale and James Whitmore opened two rooms in Nairobi in 1978 as the private bar grew with the Republic. They agreed to take the matter that mattered, staff it as if the firm had nothing else, and refuse the rest. The rooms are in Westlands now. The principle is not.
Practices
Kenyan law. Six desks. No committee of twenty.
Selected matters
We do not publish client names. We publish outcomes.
CMA / CAK merger
A public acquirer
Merger of two NSE-listed issuers, cleared by the Competition Authority and approved by the CMA.
Environment and Land Court
A highland family
Declaration of ownership over an 800-acre holding in Laikipia; upheld on appeal.
Constitutional petition
A coastal county resident
Conservatory orders and certiorari against a county finance act, later affirmed in the Court of Appeal.
NCIA arbitration
A Kenyan energy company
Award in an EPC dispute seated in Nairobi, subsequently enforced in the High Court.
Employment and Labour Relations Court
A Kenyan bank
Unfair-dismissal claim dismissed. Costs to the employer.
People
The names on the door still appear in court.
Insights
