Add court-compliant tenth-line numbering and page numbers to any PDF — required for Kenya's Court of Appeal and Supreme Court filings. Text and scanned pages supported. Nothing is ever uploaded.
The mandatory formatting rule for Kenyan appellate filings — explained.
Tenth lining means placing a number in the right-hand margin beside every tenth line of text in a court document — so that line 10, line 20, line 30, and so on are each labelled. This allows judges and opposing counsel to pinpoint a precise passage instantly: "Your Honour, the admission at line 40 of page 3" is unambiguous in a way that a paragraph reference never is.
Kenya's Court of Appeal Practice Directions, 2010 state that every tenth line of every document shall be numbered in the right-hand margin. The Supreme Court Practice Directions, 2020 repeat the same requirement. It applies to Records of Appeal, written submissions, affidavits, and other documents filed in appellate proceedings.
Failure to comply is not a technicality — the court registry is entitled to refuse to accept a document that does not meet formatting requirements, which can mean a missed filing deadline and the costs that follow.
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Tenth-line numbers in the right margin, page numbers top-right — the standard format required for court filings.
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Adjust font family, font size, and margin offsets for both line numbers and page numbers to match your firm's house style.
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| Settings remembered | ✓ Auto-saved locally | Requires account login |
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