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Judgment date
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| May 2025 |
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Interim stay granted where an appeal and substantive stay application are pending and a real threat of execution exists.
Civil procedure – Interim stay of execution – Requirements: competent notice of appeal, substantive application pending, serious threat of execution – Threat evidenced by warrant of arrest for debt recovery – Interim relief to prevent nugatory hearing.
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29 May 2025 |
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29 May 2025 |
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29 May 2025 |
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29 May 2025 |
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A contempt finding requires actual knowledge of the relevant order and is unenforceable against non-parties unaware of it.
Contempt of court – Temporary injunction – Requirement for knowledge of court order – Effect of personam orders on non-parties – Proof of service – Application of contempt to individuals not party to original suit.
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27 May 2025 |
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26 May 2025 |
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26 May 2025 |
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A suit for recovery of land premised on fraud is not time-barred if filed within twelve years from discovery of the fraud.
Land law – limitation of actions – fraud – limitation period in cases of land recovery based on fraud – computation of limitation from date of discovery of fraud – procedure – effect of bringing an application under the wrong procedure.
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21 May 2025 |
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21 May 2025 |
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21 May 2025 |
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19 May 2025 |
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15 May 2025 |
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15 May 2025 |
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A caveat lodged by an estate administrator was removed due to inordinate delay, despite the administrator's caveatable interest.
Land law – Caveats – Caveatable interest – Removal of caveat for inordinate delay – Administrator's rights – Reasonable cause for lodging a caveat – Distinction between beneficiary caveat and caveat by administrator.
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14 May 2025 |
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A suit for recovery of land filed over 12 years after dispossession is time-barred under Uganda's Limitation Act.
Civil procedure – limitation of actions – recovery of land – distinction between trespass and recovery of land – effect of plaintiff’s dispossession – running of time under the Limitation Act – statutory bar to stale claims – exception for fraud.
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12 May 2025 |
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9 May 2025 |
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9 May 2025 |
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9 May 2025 |
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7 May 2025 |
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7 May 2025 |
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7 May 2025 |
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6 May 2025 |
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Property law—easements—access to landlocked plot—seller failed to ensure access route—court found implied easement—Commissioner directed to resurvey land—access road to be created—general damages awarded—permanent injunction declined—interest and costs granted
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6 May 2025 |
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5 May 2025 |
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5 May 2025 |
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5 May 2025 |
| April 2025 |
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28 April 2025 |
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A counter-claim challenging land registration was struck out as improperly filed and time-barred, with costs to the Applicants.
Civil procedure – Striking out suit – Abuse of court process – Whether dismissal of a suit precludes filing a fresh suit – Proper procedure for challenging decisions of the Commissioner for Land Registration – Time limits for appeals and judicial review – Counter-claim improperly before court and time barred.
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28 April 2025 |
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18 April 2025 |
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18 April 2025 |
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3 April 2025 |
| March 2025 |
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31 March 2025 |
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28 March 2025 |
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28 March 2025 |
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28 March 2025 |
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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.
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27 March 2025 |
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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.
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20 March 2025 |
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14 March 2025 |
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14 March 2025 |
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13 March 2025 |
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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.
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13 March 2025 |
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13 March 2025 |
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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.
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13 March 2025 |
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13 March 2025 |
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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.
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7 March 2025 |
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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.
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4 March 2025 |
| February 2025 |
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Whether a freehold title issued over land in occupation was lawfully granted despite an extended lease.
Land law — allocation and conversion of land — availability of land for allocation; Expropriated Properties Act — extension of expired leases due to expropriation; Land Regulations — requirement to verify occupation, advertise, hold hearings and observe natural justice before conversion/allocation; Torrens system — impossibility of reverting registered leasehold to customary tenure; Reliefs — cancellation of title, injunctions, damages and costs.
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28 February 2025 |
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28 February 2025 |
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A company may claim under a pre-incorporation agreement if it ratifies the contract after incorporation and shows sufficient interest.
Civil procedure – locus standi – pre-incorporation contracts – adoption of pre-incorporation agreements by companies – cause of action – whether suit is frivolous and vexatious – land law – company law – legal capacity to sue based on ratified agreements.
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27 February 2025 |
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26 February 2025 |