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.

 

Physical address
Twed Towers, along Kafu Road, Nakasero, Kampala.
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March 2025

 

31 March 2025

 

28 March 2025

 

28 March 2025

 

28 March 2025
A respondent cannot lodge a fresh caveat contrary to a subsisting court order vacating an earlier caveat on the suit land.
Land law – Caveat – Legality of lodging new caveat after subsisting court order vacating caveat – Proper remedy pending appeal and stay of execution.
27 March 2025
High Court dismisses motion for partition of jointly titled land, holding family property disputes with contested facts require a full suit and mediation.
Land law – Partition and subdivision – Cancellation of joint certificate of title – High Court jurisdiction; Family law – matrimonial/family property disputes and consent to sale or mortgage; Procedural law – suitability of interlocutory motion versus ordinary suit where material disputes of fact exist; National Physical Planning directives – minimum plot size contention reserved for implementation stage.
20 March 2025

 

14 March 2025

 

14 March 2025
13 March 2025
A government agency was found in contempt for failing to comply with a court-endorsed consent judgment concerning land rights.
Civil procedure – consent judgment – enforcement – procedure for enforcement – contempt of court – distinction between enforcement of contract and consent judgment – whether consequential orders can include compensation – remedies for non-compliance with consent order.
13 March 2025
13 March 2025
Non-parties to a concluded matter must file a new suit if aggrieved, not an application on the concluded cause.
Civil procedure – locus standi – applications by non-parties – proper procedure where one is aggrieved by a concluded cause – necessity to file an ordinary suit.
13 March 2025
13 March 2025
Registered title upheld; defendant’s trespass proven and fraud counterclaim failed; injunction, damages and costs awarded to the plaintiff.
Land law – trespass and possession versus title; indefeasibility of registered title except for fraud; fraud in title transactions must be strictly proved and attributable to the transferee; purchaser's due diligence and notice; remedies – damages, permanent injunction, and costs.
7 March 2025
A court dismissed an application to strike out a land suit for limitation, lack of cause, and alleged under-valuation of property.
Civil procedure – Limitation of actions – Discovery of fraud and accrual of cause of action – Cause of action in land disputes – Assessment of under-valuation of suit property – Dismissal of application to strike out plaint.
4 March 2025