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Civil Procedure [2025] UGHCLD 139

Kalule v Yowhanis and 2 Others

Kalule v Yowhanis and 2 Others (Miscellaneous Application 1571 of 2025) [2025] UGHCLD 139 (17 July 2025)

The High Court Land Division refused to certify a land dispute application as urgent, finding no sufficient evidence that the matter needed vacation hearing.

  • Certificate Of Urgency
  • Court Vacation Rules
  • Injunctive Relief
  • Burden Of Proof
  • Certificate-of-urgency
  • Court-vacation-rules
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Administrative Law [2025] UGHC 550

Mss Xsabo Power Ltd v Uganda Registration Services Bureau & Registrar General/ Official Receiver

Mss Xsabo Power Ltd v Uganda Registration Services Bureau & Registrar General/ Official Receiver (Miscellaneous Cause 4 of 2024) [2025] UGHC 550 (15 July 2025)

The court found that the Registrar General acted ultra vires in recalling the Assistant Registrar's ruling in Company Petition No. 5 of 2020, as Section 258(4) of the Companies Act does not confer such power. The functus officio doctrine applied, preventing the Registrar General from revisiting or nullifying the Assistant Registrar's decision once delivered. The process leading to the second ruling was illegal, irrational, and procedurally improper, particularly as it was delivered during the pendency of an injunctive order maintaining the status quo and without proper notification or hearing…

  • Judicial Review
  • Functus Officio
  • Ultra Vires
  • Natural Justice
  • Company Registrar Powers
  • Injunctive Relief
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Civil Procedure [2025] UGHC 444

Mugisha v Nalongo Katente and Another (HC1-LD-MA-0107-2024)

Mugisha v Nalongo Katente and Another (HC1-LD-MA-0107-2024) [2025] UGHC 444 (11 June 2025)

The High Court dismissed a contempt application, finding the applicant’s evidence inconsistent, insufficient, and not tied to the respondents.

  • Contempt Of Court
  • Enforcement Of Judgments
  • Land Ownership Disputes
  • Injunctive Relief
  • Contempt-of-court
  • Land-dispute
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Land And Property [2025] UGHCLD 89

Uni Group Limited v Uganda Broadcasting Corporation and Another

Uni Group Limited v Uganda Broadcasting Corporation and Another (Civil Suit 330 of 2012) [2025] UGHCLD 89 (10 June 2025)

The High Court held that UBC had no legal basis to demand retrospective ground rent from UNIGROUP and confirmed UNIGROUP’s right to quiet possession of the leased land.

  • Leasehold Title
  • Ground Rent Disputes
  • Rectification Of Title
  • Quiet Possession
  • Successor In Title
  • Injunctive Relief
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Land And Property [2025] UGHC 564

Ssekibuule Ismail and Others v Kiyimba Dirisa and Others

Ssekibuule Ismail and Others v Kiyimba Dirisa and Others (Civil Suit No. 99 of 2021) [2025] UGHC 564 (20 February 2025)

The High Court held that the disputed land formed part of the late Kateregga Abdul’s estate, found fraudulent transfer and intermeddling, and cancelled title in favour of the estate.

  • Succession To Land
  • Fraudulent Transfer
  • Intermeddling With Estate
  • Bona Fide Purchaser
  • Injunctive Relief
  • Succession-to-land
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Civil Procedure [2025] UGHC 151

Serwanga Yoweri v Hanifa Tamale and Another

Serwanga Yoweri v Hanifa Tamale and Another (CIVIL REVISION NO.3 OF 2024) [2025] UGHC 151 (31 January 2025)

The High Court referred a civil revision to be heard with a pending land suit to avoid conflicting orders over the same property in Komamboga.

  • Contempt Of Court
  • Land Ownership Dispute
  • Transfer Of Land Title
  • Mutation And Subdivision
  • Injunctive Relief
  • Civil-procedure
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Civil Procedure [2025] UGCA 17

Muluta v Kalungi

Muluta v Kalungi (Civil Application 483 of 2024) [2025] UGCA 17 (30 January 2025)

The Court of Appeal of Uganda dismissed an application for stay of execution pending appeal, finding the applicant had not shown likelihood of success, irreparable harm, or a basis for relief.

  • Stay Of Execution
  • Injunctive Relief
  • Title Cancellation
  • Appeal Rights
  • Balance Of Convenience
  • Stay-of-execution
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Commercial And Corporate [2024] UGHC 1082

COSCO Shipping LINES (Kenya) Limited v Synthomer Trading Limited & 3 Others

COSCO Shipping LINES (Kenya) Limited v Synthomer Trading Limited & 3 Others (Civil Suit 107 of 2023) [2024] UGHC 1082 (4 December 2024)

The High Court found that the 1st Defendant used a forged bill of lading to obtain cargo, treated it as stolen goods, and awarded damages, interest, and costs.

  • Bill Of Lading
  • Fraudulent Misrepresentation
  • Injunctive Relief
  • Agency Relationships
  • Damages Award
  • Storage And Demurrage
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Land And Property [2024] UGHCLD 275

Nambajjwe and Another v Semanda

Nambajjwe and Another v Semanda (Civil Suit 666 of 2022) [2024] UGHCLD 275 (29 November 2024)

The High Court found the plaintiffs owned the suit land, held the defendant had trespassed on plot G, and granted eviction, demolition, damages, injunction, and costs.

  • Trespass To Land
  • Ownership Disputes
  • Estate Administration
  • Injunctive Relief
  • Trespass-to-land
  • Land-ownership-dispute
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Administrative Law [2024] UGHC 1071

Dr. Sadat Ssemakula Mutyaba Mohmeded v Gulu University

Dr. Sadat Ssemakula Mutyaba Mohmeded v Gulu University (Miscellaneous Application 50 of 2024) [2024] UGHC 1071 (25 November 2024)

The High Court at Gulu dismissed an application for stay, injunction, and prohibition by a dismissed university lecturer, holding that section 57(5) did not assist him.

  • Judicial Review Procedure
  • University Staff Dismissal
  • Internal Appeal Exhaustion
  • Injunctive Relief
  • Stay Of Execution
  • Judicial-review-procedure
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