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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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November 2009
Registered Trustees of Kampala Archdiocese and Another v Asaba (Civil Suit No. 179 of 2005) [2009] UGHCLD 2 (23 November 2009)
The court ruled the Defendant lawfully acquired property through a court-ordered sale, being a bona fide purchaser.
Land law - transfer of property - bona fide purchaser for value without notice - legality of court-sanctioned property sale
 23 November 2009
Sendawula Mbuga v Mageno Owori and 2 Others (Civil Suit No. 242 of 2008) [2009] UGHCLD 1 (4 November 2009)
Beneficiaries can protect estate interests in court without Letters of Administration.
Succession Law - locus standi - beneficiary's right to sue without Letters of Administration - protection of estate interests.
 4 November 2009
June 2009
Philemon Wandera and Others v Yesero Mugenyi and Others (Miscellaneous Application No.1213 of 1999) [2009] UGHCLD 4 (2 June 2009)
Application to set aside execution dismissed; purchaser protected as bona fide and remedy for alleged wrongs lies against the bailiff.
Execution law – setting aside attachment and sale – warrant valid despite wrong form where immovable property clearly described – purchaser bona fide without notice – remedy against court bailiff for excess or fraud – Registrar’s confirmation of sale not shown to be erroneous.
 2 June 2009
May 2009
Hilda Wilson and Others v Owalla's Home Investment Trust (E.A.) Ltd. and Another (Miscellaneous Cause No.81 of 2008) [2009] UGHCLD 3 (29 May 2009)
Dismissal for want of prosecution is not final; registrar may correct register but fraud-based cancellation should be pursued in High Court under RTA.
Land law – Registrar’s powers under s.91 Land Act to call for, alter or cancel titles – Cancellation for fraud or illegality principally within High Court under s.177 Registration of Titles Act – Dismissal for want of prosecution not a final decree – Procedure to vacate caveats under RTA.
 29 May 2009