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New Uganda Securiko v Vision Petroleum (U) Ltd (Miscellaneous Application No. 1084 of 2024) [2025] UGCommC 214 (14 July 2025)
The High Court dismissed an application for stay of execution after the applicant failed to file submissions on time or seek enlargement of time.
Walugembe Daniel v Katushabe Jane and Others (Civil Suit 2543 of 2015) [2025] UGHCLD 133 (14 July 2025)
The High Court found fraudulent connivance in a disputed land sale, but declined to cancel the registered title. It ordered refund of the purchase price, damages, interest, and costs.
Nassimu Moses and Another v Mugambe Sam (Civil Suit No. 68 of 2023) [2025] UGHC 476 (27 June 2025)
The court found that a valid contract of sale of land existed between the plaintiffs and the defendant, evidenced by the written agreement and part payments made by the plaintiffs. The defendant breached the contract by selling the suit land to third parties despite having received substantial payment from the plaintiffs and failing to hand over possession or refund the money. The defendant's conduct amounted to fraud as he intentionally concealed third party claims and induced the plaintiffs into the contract, depriving them of their equitable interest in the land. The court relied on statut…
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Karungi Elizabeth v Cairo Bank Uganda Limited and Kkingo Parents’ Transporters Company Ltd (Miscellaneous Application No. 303 of 2025) [2025] UGCommC 187 (23 June 2025)
The court found that the issues raised in the application and the main suit had already been litigated and determined in Masaka High Court Civil Suit No. 20/2022 between the same parties regarding the same subject matter. The applicant's attempt to amend the plaint in the present suit was an abuse of court process, as it sought to re-litigate matters already decided, merely adding a new party (the bank) as a cosmetic change. The doctrine of res judicata, as codified in Section 7 of the Civil Procedure Act and interpreted in relevant case law, precluded the court from entertaining the applicat…
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Karungi Elizabeth v Cairo Bank Uganda Limited and Kkingo Parents’ Transporters Company Ltd (Miscellaneous Application No. 99 of 2025) [2025] UGCommC 185 (23 June 2025)
The application for discovery is barred by the doctrine of res judicata because the same issues and parties were previously litigated and determined in Civil Suit No. 20/2022 at Masaka High Court. The applicant and the 2nd respondent were parties to that suit, which involved the same subject matter—the sale and ownership of the four Isuzu buses. Judgment was entered against the applicant, and the matter cannot be re-litigated in this court. The addition of Cairo Bank as a party does not alter the fact that the core dispute has already been adjudicated. The principle of res judicata estops the…
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Rajiv Kumar v Patel Sureshbhai Chandubhai (Civil Appeal No: 37 of 2018) [2025] UGCA 206 (20 June 2025)
The Court of Appeal held that the trial judge erred in declining to award interest on the contractual sum solely because the contract was silent on interest. The court found that, under Section 26(2) of the Civil Procedure Act and established case law, courts have discretion to award interest in commercial transactions to compensate a party who has been deprived of the use of their money. The respondent/cross appellant was kept out of the use of UGX 85,000,000 since the date of filing the suit, justifying an award of interest. The court set aside the trial judge's order on interest and substi…
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Muyanja Paul v Paxon Murage Maina (Civil Suit No. 0228 of 2025; Miscellaneous Application No. 0815 of 2025) [2025] UGCommC 188 (20 June 2025)
The High Court granted leave to serve a Kenyan respondent outside Uganda in a breach of contract suit, finding the applicant showed a proper case and foreign residence.
Apurinari Reagan v Green World International (U) Ltd and Isaac Ren (Civil Suit No: 717 of 2019) [2025] UGCommC 206 (19 June 2025)
The High Court dismissed a breach of contract suit after neither party attended the hearing, applying Order 17 rule 4 of the Civil Procedure Rules.
Dr. Nalubega Maimuna v Semakula Ismael and Millennium Estates Developers (Civil Suit No. 127 of 2017) [2025] UGHC 566 (18 June 2025)
High Court of Uganda found the defendants breached land sale contracts, awarded refund, compensation, general damages, interest, and costs, and declined specific performance.
Ssalongo Lwanga Gerald v Mulindwa Musa and Others (Civil Suit No. 73 of 2020) [2025] UGHC 562 (18 June 2025)
The plaintiff established his status as a bona fide occupant of the suit land by virtue of long, unchallenged occupation and payment of ground rent, supported by documentary evidence. The defendants failed to contest the claim, and the 2nd defendant's eviction of the plaintiff was unlawful. The plaintiff did not meet all statutory requirements for a vesting order, particularly full payment of the purchase price and exhaustion of administrative remedies. Special damages and mesne profits were not proved and thus disallowed. The plaintiff was awarded general damages for loss of quiet enjoyment…
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