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Judgment date
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| February 2025 |
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27 February 2025 |
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26 February 2025 |
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25 February 2025 |
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18 February 2025 |
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10 February 2025 |
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10 February 2025 |
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Whether returning a different but similar chattel amounts to conversion and procedural consequences of failing to file a defence.
Civil procedure – failure to file defence – ex parte proceedings – party excluded from proceedings if defence not filed in time; Evidence – conversion of chattels – requires permanent or indefinite deprivation; Evidence – translation and admissibility of documents – s.88 CPA; Appeals – time for filing and extraction of decree.
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3 February 2025 |
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Court finds defendants 1–3 liable for fraudulent land sale; orders refund, damages, interest and cancellation of title.
* Property law – fraudulent sale and misrepresentation – sale procured using deceased person’s name – registration of title in the name of a deceased person is null and void. * Evidence – burden and proof of fraud – specific pleading and strict proof required; conviction on balance of probabilities where evidence establishes deliberate misrepresentation. * Remedies – rescission/failed consideration (refund of purchase price), general damages, interest, costs and cancellation of certificate of title.
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3 February 2025 |
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Court granted a conditional stay of execution pending appeal, requiring UGX 200,000,000 security due to insufficient proof of applicants' loss.
Land law – stay of execution pending appeal – O.43 r.4(3) CPR; requirements: lodgment, likelihood of success, no unreasonable delay, substantial loss; proof of occupation and ownership; security for due performance; alienation of land during pendency undermining applicants' claim.
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3 February 2025 |
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3 February 2025 |
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Appeal allowed: trial court erred in equating disputed land with earlier suit; retrial ordered for proper ascertainment of location.
Land law – ownership dispute over unregistered land – evaluation of evidence and locus in quo – inconsistencies in village/parish descriptions – issue of estoppel by prior testimony – retrial ordered for miscarriage of justice.
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3 February 2025 |
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Plaintiffs proved ownership; defendants were trespassers — eviction, injunction and damages awarded; tree compensation unproven.
Land law – title dispute between community farmers and clan members; burden of proof in civil claims; admissibility of local government Adhoc Committee report as public document under the Evidence Act; possession versus ownership; remedies – declaration, injunction, eviction, general damages and costs; representative action.
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3 February 2025 |
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3 February 2025 |
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Appointment of kingdom officials during the monarch’s incapacitation did not, on the evidence, constitute contempt or appointment of a regent under the injunction.
Contempt — appointment of kingdom officials during monarch’s incapacity — injunction limited to appointment of regents under Draft Principles for the Regency; administrative appointments to assist during incapacitation do not automatically constitute regency or contempt; substantive legality reserved for main suit.
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3 February 2025 |
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3 February 2025 |
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Appellants’ registered title upheld; purchases from trespassers cannot confer valid land interests; respondent declared trespasser.
Land — Ownership and title rectification — Fraudulent transfer — Bibanja/kibanja purchases — Effect of purchases from trespassers — Appellate re-evaluation of evidence — Permanent injunction and eviction — General damages and interest.
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3 February 2025 |
| January 2025 |
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31 January 2025 |
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Application dismissed for non‑service; garnishee nisi set aside to protect government funds earmarked for beneficiary groups.
* Civil Procedure – Service of motions – O.5 r.2, O.5 r.3 and O.52 r.2 CPR – non‑service of application results in dismissal.
* Execution – Garnishee proceedings against government/local government accounts – protection of funds earmarked for specific beneficiaries; setting aside garnishee nisi to prevent diversion of public programme funds.
* Public law tension – execution of judgments against government agencies and implications for public funds and programmes.
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31 January 2025 |
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Applicant failed to show sufficient cause to reinstate an appeal dismissed for want of prosecution.
Civil procedure – Order 43 r.31 CPR – dismissal for want of prosecution – Order 43 silent on reinstatement – Section 98 CPA and Section 33 Judicature Act permit applications to reinstate; sufficient cause – applicant’s sickness and counsel’s duty to prosecute; failure to show sufficient cause – application dismissed with costs.
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31 January 2025 |
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31 January 2025 |
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31 January 2025 |
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31 January 2025 |
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31 January 2025 |
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31 January 2025 |
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25 January 2025 |
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24 January 2025 |
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24 January 2025 |
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24 January 2025 |
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24 January 2025 |
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24 January 2025 |
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24 January 2025 |
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17 January 2025 |
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17 January 2025 |
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17 January 2025 |
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17 January 2025 |
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17 January 2025 |
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17 January 2025 |
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17 January 2025 |
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17 January 2025 |
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17 January 2025 |
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17 January 2025 |
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17 January 2025 |
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10 January 2025 |
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10 January 2025 |
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10 January 2025 |
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10 January 2025 |
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10 January 2025 |
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A Registrar lacks jurisdiction to grant stay of execution of a judge’s decree; such orders are void.
Civil procedure – Stay of execution – Jurisdiction to grant stay of execution lies with the court that passed the decree (O.43 r.4(2) CPR) – Limits of Registrars’ powers (O.50 CPR and Practice Directions) – Validity of notices of appeal and time limits for appeals.
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3 January 2025 |
| December 2024 |
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20 December 2024 |
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20 December 2024 |