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HC: Land Division (Uganda)

The Land Division is a Division created at the High Court Head office at Kampala.

The Division is charged with the following functions:Responsibility of supervising the work of Land Tribunals, the adjudication of all land related dispute fall under this Division. The land Division is established with three judges with a separate registry for the Division .There is a Registrar for the Land Division who doubles as the Registrar of the Land Tribunals. A desk office was also established under the office of the Registrar to handle the activities of the District Land Tribunals.

 

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Twed Towers, along Kafu Road, Nakasero, Kampala.
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December 1996
Abaho Tumushabe v Beinababo (Civil Appeal 35 of 1995) [1996] UGHCLD 5 (6 December 1996)
Payment and occupation validated the land sale; inadequate evaluation by the trial magistrate warranted reversal.
* Land law – validity of sale – whether payment of purchase price and occupation can validate a sale despite absence of formal transfer. * Evidence – appellate evaluation – necessity for trial judge to evaluate and record consideration of evidence. * Consent – effect of claimed conditional sale where putative consenting relatives have no proprietary interest. * Possession – distinction between lawful purchaser in occupation and trespasser. * Remedies – refund and compensation where sale set aside; evidence required for quantification.
 6 December 1996
Abaho Tumushabe v Stanley Beinababo (Civil Appeal 35 of 1995) [1996] UGHCLD 8 (6 December 1996)
Appellate court held that payment and occupation established a valid sale; trial magistrate’s judgment set aside.
Land law – validity of sale – payment and occupation as evidence of completed sale; requirement of third-party consent – proprietary interest must be proved to vitiate sale; appellate review – duty to evaluate trial evidence; remedy – setting aside magistrate’s judgment and awarding costs to successful appellant.
 6 December 1996