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Kalungu Farm Limited v Muluta & Another (Civil Appeal 314 of 2020) [2024] UGCA 213 (15 August 2024)
The Court of Appeal held that Kalungu Farm Limited’s earlier freehold title prevailed over a later mailo title and set aside the High Court’s decision.
Bukanza v Jensen & 3 Others (Miscellaneous Application 425 of 2023) [2024] UGHC 259 (3 May 2024)
The High Court in Mbale dismissed an application to strike out a land suit as overtaken by events, holding that the suit still disclosed a cause of action.
Hard Rock Quarry (U) Limited v Commissioner Land Registration & Another (Civil Appeal No. 115 of 2015) [2019] UGHC 25 (11 December 2019)
The court held that an affidavit commissioned by an advocate who has been barred from practice is incompetent and cannot be relied upon as evidence. The commission to act as a commissioner for oaths is tied to the advocate's valid practising certificate, and once the advocate is disbarred, any affidavits commissioned thereafter are invalid. The court struck out the affidavit in reply by Abid Alam, as it was commissioned by Augustine Ssemakula after he had been barred. The court further found that the absence of a response from the respondents does not amount to an admission of the applicant's…
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Gwokyaye & Anor v The Commissioner Land and Registration Department Ministry of and, Housing & Development & Anor (Misc. Cause No. 051 of 2013) [2014] UGHCLD 105 (16 June 2014)
The High Court held that the Commissioner of Land Registration acted ultra vires by reopening a land dispute already decided by her predecessor and granted judicial review relief.
