The disputes practice at Kaplan & Stratton Advocates has deep expertise in commercial dispute resolution and acts for clients before the Supreme Court, High Court, Magistrate’s Court, and arbitration tribunals. Fred Ojiambo heads the practice and has a strong focus on high-profile civil and criminal cases. Peter Gachuhi is well-equipped to handle disputes in the insurance, land, and environmental sectors, and Cosima Wetende is an expert in labour and employment disputes. Other core members of the team include intellectual property litigator James Muthui and Elizabeth Onyango.
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Testimonials
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- ‘We have worked with Kaplan & Stratton for nearly 10 years now and always found them to be technically very astute and reliable. They are our go-to firm in Kenya.’
- ‘We work primarily with partners Peter Gachuhi and Elizabeth Onyango on insurance and reinsurance-related litigation. Both are excellent and easy to work with and have a good understanding of what overseas clients need to understand regarding litigation in Kenya and how to deliver that tactically.'
Key clients
- Eastern Produce Kenya Ltd
- Instalaciones Inabensa S.A
- Absa Bank Ltd
- Total Energies Ltd
- Rift Valley Highway Ltd
- Rubis Energy Kenya
- Unilever Kenya Ltd
- AON Minet Kenya Ltd
- Coca-Cola Central East and West Africa Ltd
- British American Tobacco Kenya PLC
- Safaricom PLC
- Pricewaterhousecoopers
Work highlights
Acted for the Appellant, an only surviving daughter, in an estate matter pertaining to her mother’s estate.
Represented Google Inc successfully in a constitutional petition in which the Petitioner had inter alia sought to compel Google Inc to provide the ownership details of an online news media company that had run an alleged defamatory article about the Petitioner.
Lawyers
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Practice head
Fred Ojiambo
Other key lawyers
Peter Gachuhi; Elizabeth Onyango; Cosima Wetende; James Muthui