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Land And Property [2019] UGHC 67

Owot v Anek

Owot v Anek (Civil Appeal No. 56 of 2018) [2019] UGHC 67 (26 November 2019)

The High Court dismissed a land boundary appeal, finding the disputed boundary was supported by physical features at the locus in quo and that the grounds of appeal were too vague.

  • Boundary Dispute
  • Consentable Boundary
  • Adjoining Landowners
  • Evidence At Locus In Quo
  • Land-and-property
  • Boundary-dispute
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Land And Property [2019] UGHC 44

Buladina Achoka v Okello Peter Byella

Buladina Achoka v Okello Peter Byella (Civil Appeal No. 25 of 2016) [2019] UGHC 44 (29 August 2019)

The High Court dismissed a boundary dispute appeal and upheld the respondent’s claim that visible Nsambia trees marked the true boundary, not a vanished Olam tree.

  • Boundary Disputes
  • Customary Land Tenure
  • Evidence At Locus In Quo
  • Natural Monuments As Boundaries
  • Boundary-disputes
  • Customary-land-tenure
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Land And Property [2016] UGHCLD 22

Munina v Murekateete

Munina v Murekateete (Civil Appeal No. 0026 of 2014) [2016] UGHCLD 22 (6 September 2016)

The court found that the trial Magistrate's failure to pronounce himself on the preliminary objection regarding limitation did not occasion a miscarriage of justice, as trespass to land is a continuing tort and the Respondent's claim was not time-barred. The evidence, both oral and documentary, sufficiently established the Respondent's ownership of the suit land, corroborated by witnesses who hired the land from her and by the lack of credible evidence from the Appellant regarding communal ownership. The omission to reference locus-in-quo evidence did not prejudice the Appellant, as the Magis…

  • Land Ownership Disputes
  • Trespass To Land
  • Limitation Periods
  • Evidence At Locus In Quo
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Criminal Law [2002] UGHC 83

Karorero David v Uganda (Cr.App.No.KAB-00-CR-CN-0004-2000 ) (Cr.App.No.KAB-00-CR-CN-0004-2000)

Karorero David v Uganda (Cr.App.No.KAB-00-CR-CN-0004-2000 ) (Cr.App.No.KAB-00-CR-CN-0004-2000) [2002] UGHC 83 (19 February 2002)

The High Court quashed convictions for criminal trespass and removing boundary marks, finding the evidence insufficient and the locus visit inadequately recorded.

  • Criminal Trespass
  • Removal Of Boundary Marks
  • Proof Of Intent
  • Evidence At Locus In Quo
  • Criminal-trespass
  • Boundary-marks
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