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HC: Civil Division (Uganda)

The Civil Division is a division of the high court. It's functions include: Hearing appeal cases from the Magistrates' courts in connection with torts committed against the person, Defamation, Bankruptcy and company winding up matters, Partnership matters,Companies matters, Real and personal property.

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August 2009
Bamuhiga & 5 Ors Vs Bagonza & 3 Ors (HCT – 01 – CV – CS – 0078 OF 2006) [2009] UGHCCD 12 (14 August 2009)
Dispute whether longstanding customary occupants or Land Board allocations (with contested degazettement and survey irregularities) prevail.
Land law – customary/first occupation vs. statutory lease allocations; validity of District Land Board allocations; Controlled Hunting Area degazettement; procedural fairness in land inspection and survey (notice, technical reports, survey instructions); admissibility and significance of locus in quo and cartographic evidence.
 14 August 2009
Bamuhiga & 5 Ors Vs Mugarra & Ors (CIVIL SUITS No. 0068 OF 2006 AND 0078 OF 2006 C.S. No. 68 OF 2006) [2009] UGHCCD 7 (14 August 2009)
Customary occupants had prior rights; District Land Board’s defective, irregular and fraudulent allocations were nullified and Plaintiffs awarded possession, injunctions, damages and costs.
Land law – Customary tenure – Evidence of long possession; District Land Board duties – mandatory advertisement, consultation and inspection under Land Regulations; Controlled Hunting Areas – legal status and allowance of human settlement; statutory notice to scheduled corporation – requirement and effect; allocations procured in breach of procedure and fraud – nullity; remedies – declarations, injunctions, vacant possession, damages and costs.
 14 August 2009
Balwinder Kaur Sandhu v Noble Builders (Uganda) Ltd (HCT-00-CV-CI-0008-2005) [2009] UGHCCD 14 (5 August 2009)
Statutory rectification under s.118 permitted: prior appellate findings estop respondent and register must be amended; meeting and Registrar notice ordered.
Company law – rectification of register under s.118 – statutory remedy not automatically time‑barred – continuous cause of action while register unrectified; estoppel by record from prior appellate decisions upholding a share transfer; Articles' nationality restriction construed as a restriction not an absolute bar; s.135 meeting and Registrar notification ordered.
 5 August 2009