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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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April 2019
Ainomugisha Vs Kyazze (Civil Suit No.839 of 2017) [2019] UGHCLD 20 (30 April 2019)
Caveat vacated where beneficiary’s interest was extinguished by prior lawful sale and registration, with damages and cancellation ordered.
Registration of Titles – caveat – requirement of a genuine caveatable interest; mortgage default and sale by agent – effect on beneficiary’s interest; conclusive nature of certificate of title absent fraud; vacation of caveat and damages for wrongful caveat; cancellation of erroneous special certificate of title.
 30 April 2019
Kakooza Vs Muhoozi & 2 Ors (Civil Suit No.371 of 2011) [2019] UGHCLD 318 (25 April 2019)
Registered proprietor proved trespass; court ordered injunction, eviction subject to fresh survey, awarded damages and costs.
Land law – trespass – proof of ownership by certificate of title and possession – surveyor’s report as evidence of encroachment; Remedies – injunction, eviction and demolition subject to survey demarcation; Damages – special damages require specific proof, mesne profits require proof of profits; Assessment of general damages for destruction of cattle, crops and trees.
 25 April 2019
Ssengooba & 6 Ors Vs Stanbic Bank Ltd & 7 Ors (Miscelleneous Application No.0091 of 2018) [2019] UGHCLD 22 (16 April 2019)
Leave to amend denied where proposed amendments were not properly filed and conduct amounted to mala fide abuse of process.
Civil procedure – Amendment of pleadings – Leave to amend – Applicant failed to file proposed amended plaint; supplementary affidavit out of time and draft smuggled in rejoinder – mala fides and abuse of process – amendment may not substitute cause of action.
 16 April 2019