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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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September 2012
Real Ggaba Market Property Owners Ltd v Kampala Capital City Authority and 8 Others (Miscellaneous Appeal No. 006 of 2012) [2012] UGHCLD 2 (21 September 2012)
Actual knowledge of a court order is sufficient to ground contempt even without formal service, and government officials are not immune from consequences of willful disobedience.
Civil Procedure — Contempt of court — Disobedience of court orders — Knowledge versus formal service — Whether government officials and others may rely on lack of formal service where aware of order — Effect of immunity — Management of Ggaba Market — Interim order — Duties to obey court orders by persons in authority.
 21 September 2012
April 2012
Lutwaama .v Kayondo Mpologoma and Another (Civil Appeal No. 37 of 2010) [2012] UGHCLD 3 (5 April 2012)
A court must recognize long occupation and lawful purchase in land suits, and follow procedure at locus in quo.
Land law – bonafide/lawful occupant – long occupation – procedure at locus in quo – limitation period – proper evaluation of evidence – appellate review
 5 April 2012
March 2012
Kasule v Sewanyana & Ors (Civil Suit No. 138 of 2010) [2012] UGHCLD 1 (26 March 2012)
The applicant’s claim for cancellation and compensation was dismissed for lack of proof of fraud and delay/non-joinder of interested parties.
* Land law – interpretation of sale agreement – scope of property sold after subdivision (Plot 333 only). * Conveyancing – use of a single transfer form for multiple subdivided plots not necessarily fraudulent. * Fraud in registration – burden to prove registration obtained by fraud; Musisi v Grindlays applied. * Procedural – laches/long delay and non-joinder of subsequent owners/occupiers can defeat relief. * Remedy – claim for cancellation/compensation dismissed for failure to prove fraud and for procedural defects.
 26 March 2012