Jomayi Property Consultants Limited v Tumukunde
Jomayi Property Consultants Limited v Tumukunde (Miscellaneous Application 1517 of 2021) [2022] UGCommC 127 (24 March 2022)
The court held that the consent decree imposed reciprocal obligations on both parties: the applicant was to pay instalments, and the respondent was to deposit the land title deeds in court upon receipt of the first instalment. Execution of the decree cannot proceed unless the party seeking execution (the respondent) has performed his own obligations under the decree. The respondent's failure to deposit the title deeds in court precludes him from executing the decree. Furthermore, the land in question, having been sold and transferred to third parties, is no longer property over which the resp…
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- Specific Performance
- Consent Decree Execution
- Reciprocal Obligations
- Attachment Of Property
- Beneficial Ownership
- Trust In Land Sales