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.

 

Physical address
Twed Towers, along Kafu Road, Nakasero, Kampala.
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Judgment date
April 1996
Plaintiff failed to prove fraudulent transfer; registered purchaser held bona fide and statutory protection, claim dismissed with costs.
Land registration – conclusiveness of certificate of title; fraud affecting registered title must be strictly proved; bona fide purchaser protection under the Registration of Titles Act (s.184/189); burden of proof on party alleging fraud; absence/non-service of vendor.
22 April 1996
A repossession certificate does not revive a lease lawfully terminated by re-entry; subsequent occupation is trespass.
Expropriated Properties Act – effect of Ministerial certificate of repossession – re-entry for non-payment of ground rent – lease termination – repossession certificate cannot revive terminated lease – occupation after termination amounts to trespass – remedies: injunction, eviction, damages, costs.
1 April 1996