Uganda Case Law

Mulyanti & Anor Vs Bateringaya & 4 Ors

Mulyanti & Anor Vs Bateringaya & 4 Ors (Civil Appeal No. 0016 of 2010) [2019] UGCA 167 (2 July 2019)

Court

Court of Appeal of Uganda

Case number

Civil Appeal No. 0016 of 2010

The Court of Appeal found that the appellants failed to prove that they or their predecessor were lawful or bonafide occupants of the suit land. The evidence established that the suit land was sold by the appellants' predecessor's father to a third party, who then sold it to the respondents' predecessor. The subsequent occupation of the land by Moses Mulyanti was by permission of the registered owner as a caretaker, amounting to a licence, not a legal interest. Under Section 29(4) of the Land Act, a licensee cannot be considered a lawful or bonafide occupant, nor can such status be inherited…

Source excerpt

• Lawful Occupancy
• Bonafide Occupancy
• Licence And Caretaker Status
• Eviction And Vacant Possession
• Compensation For Developments
• Succession And Estates

Bank of Uganda v Maluku Inter Globle Trade

Bank of Uganda v Maluku Inter Globle Trade (CIVIL SUIT No. 950 OF 1988) [1989] UGHCCD 1 (23 February 1989)

Court

HC: Civil Division (Uganda)

Case number

CIVIL SUIT No. 950 OF 1988

Judge

Kato, J

The High Court held that the Bank of Uganda was the lawful leasee of Plot 30 in Mbale. Fraud was not proved, but rent and mesne profits were rejected.

• Lease Disputes
• Fraud In Property Transactions
• Eviction And Vacant Possession
• Burden Of Proof
• Mesne Profits
• Counterclaim Remedies