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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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May 2016
Banoba v senkoole and Another (HCCS No. 817 of 2006) [2016] UGHCLD 281 (31 May 2016)
The court ruled in favor of Defendants, establishing their bona fide occupancy under Ugandan land law.
Land law – Bona fide occupancy – Fraud in land dealings – 'Kibanja' interests – Constitutional protections for occupants.
 31 May 2016
Otikor & Ors v Anya (Civil Appeal No. 38 of 2012.) [2016] UGHCLD 10 (5 May 2016)
Long undisturbed customary possession vested the respondent with title; male-only inheritance customs rejected.
Land law – possession and title – adverse possession under Limitation Act s.16 (and s.29 for customary land); Customary tenure – clan versus individual ownership; Inheritance – female succession and constitutional prohibition of discriminatory customs (Art.32(2)); Evidence – locus visit and evaluation of possession; Remedies – decree, injunction, vacant possession and costs.
 5 May 2016