| dc.description.abstract | Judicial review has assumed great significance as a field of legal practice in
modern times. In Kenya, few fields of legal practice have grown as rapidly
in scope and significance over the past decade as that of judicial review .
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This speedy advancement caused the Chief Justice to create an
independent division of the High Court of Kenya in 2003 to deal exclusively
with judicial review and constitutional law cases. In the year 2007, some
2,000 applications for judicial review were lodged in the High Court Registry
at Nairobi alone.'
Further, new grounds for seeking court intervention and redress by way of
judicial review constantly emerge while existing grounds evolve over time.
For instance, the principles of legitimate expectation, proportionality and
fairness have recently emerged as common yet important heads of judicial
review in Kenya. The emergence of these principles have widened the
scope of judicial review and extended its application to areas, powers and
institutions that were traditionally believed to be beyond the reach of the
court's supervisory jurisdiction exercised through judicial review. | en |
