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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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March 2018
Aroga v Haji Muhammad Anule (Civil Appeal No. 0010 of 2016) [2018] UGHCLD 24 (22 March 2018)
Failure to plead legal disability renders a land claim time‑barred; appeal allowed and lower judgment set aside.
Limitation of actions – recovery of land – sections 5, 6, 11 and 21(1)(c) Limitation Act – legal disability must be pleaded – adverse possession may confer title where limitation has expired.
 22 March 2018
Simea Umika & Ors v Maber Group Farm Limited (Civil Appeal No. 0019 of 2016) [2018] UGHCLD 23 (15 March 2018)
Respondent failed to prove customary inheritance; communal ownership claim by appellants succeeded on the balance of probabilities.
Land law — Customary tenure — Proof of customary ownership and inheritance — Necessity to prove applicable customary rules where undocumented; corporate claimant cannot rely solely on a director’s alleged inheritance; steps to obtain lease do not establish customary title; communal possession and non-abandonment assessed on balance of probabilities.
 15 March 2018
Byensi & Ors v The Commissioner for Land Registration & Ors (Misc. Application No. 001 of 2016) [2018] UGHCLD 18 (5 March 2018)
Application for interim injunction dismissed: prima facie case found but no irreparable harm and balance of convenience favored respondents.
Interim relief – temporary injunction – three‑part test (prima facie case; irreparable harm; balance of convenience) – speculative allegations of transfer insufficient – land value ascertainable; damages adequate.
 5 March 2018