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Semitala and Another v Ssemugabi and 5 Others (Miscellaneous Application No. 0246 of 2025) [2025] UGHCLD 101 (24 June 2025)
The High Court Land Division declined to consolidate two land suits over the same plot, finding the later suit replicated the earlier one and that amendment was the proper course.
Mayambala Kenneth and Others v Uganda (Criminal Appeal No. 6 of 2025) [2025] UGHC 559 (23 June 2025)
The High Court found that the appellants had raised a credible defence of honest claim of right, supported by evidence of long-standing possession and a pending civil suit over ownership. The trial magistrate erred in disregarding the civil dispute and criminalizing the land conflict, which is contrary to established legal principles that ownership disputes should be resolved in civil courts. The prosecution failed to prove beyond reasonable doubt that the appellants' possession was without right or that their conduct constituted forcible detainer under Section 74 of the Penal Code Act. The c…
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Muzafaru v Dezideliyo (Miscellaneous Application 1475 of 2023) [2025] UGHCFD 22 (29 May 2025)
The High Court of Uganda reinstated a land suit dismissed for want of prosecution, finding delay unsatisfactory but allowing the case to proceed in the interests of justice.
Musoke Tadeo and Musisi Mwanje Joseph v Robert Migadde and Atim Evelyn (Miscellaneous Application 994 of 2023) [2025] UGHCFD 48 (8 May 2025)
The High Court dismissed a contempt application after finding the applicants failed to deposit security within time, so the conditional stay of execution had lapsed.
Silverio Rutakirwa v Nasani Ntambirweki (Civil Appeal No. 0001 of 2023) [2025] UGHC 347 (10 April 2025)
The High Court allowed a land appeal, set aside the trial judgment, and ordered a retrial because missing locus proceedings made the record incomplete and material to the dispute.
Turyareeba v Kahangirwe (Civil Appeal 3 of 2017) [2025] UGCA 82 (27 March 2025)
The Court of Appeal dismissed a land dispute appeal, upholding the finding that res judicata was not proved and that the respondent owned the suit land.
Damulira v Sserunjogi & Another (Civil Application 42 of 2023) [2025] UGSC 12 (21 February 2025)
The Supreme Court of Uganda granted John Damulira leave to file his memorandum and record of appeal out of time, finding the delay was explained by counsel’s inaction.
Kabojjamu Nsubuga Anthony v Uganda (Criminal Case 13 of 2022) [2025] UGHC 560 (20 February 2025)
The High Court quashed a criminal trespass conviction, holding the dispute was really about land ownership and should have been resolved in a civil court.
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.
Nyambubi v Bigirwenkya (Civil Appeal 22 of 2023) [2025] UGHC 85 (17 January 2025)
The appellate court found that the respondent/plaintiff established better possessory rights over the suit land through inheritance and first occupation, as confirmed by evidence at locus and the consent judgment of 2013, which settled the boundaries among the families. The appellant/defendant's acts of planting acacia trees and clearing the land in 2020 constituted trespass, as they were unauthorized and in defiance of the consent judgment. The respondent/plaintiff did not depart from his pleadings regarding the size of the disputed land, and any reference to 1.5 acres was a judicial error t…
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