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Kajumba v Sewali & 2 Others (CIVIL APPEAL NO. 14 OF 2013) [2020] UGHCCD 103 (28 April 2020)
The High Court set aside a magistrate’s land judgment because the locus in quo record was missing and central to deciding ownership, occupation, and boundaries.
Sentonga and 2 Others v Sabiiti and 4 Others (Civil Suit No. 37 of 2012) [2015] UGHC 12 (22 October 2015)
The High Court found a land title dispute arose from fraudulent parallel registration in a ranch restructuring scheme and cancelled the defendants’ titles.
Bishop Balagadde Ssekadde & 5 Others v Wamala & 2 Others (Civil Appeal No. 0027 of 2011) [2019] UGCA 2073 (2 December 2019)
The Court of Appeal found that the High Court trial was conducted in violation of the Civil Procedure Rules. The trial judge, upon taking over from a predecessor, ordered the parties to file affidavit evidence and proceeded to judgment without conducting an oral hearing or allowing cross-examination of witnesses. This procedure was not authorized by law, as Order 18 of the Civil Procedure Rules requires that evidence be taken orally in open court, and Order 19 only permits affidavit evidence for particular facts, not for the entirety of a trial where cross-examination is necessary. The failur…
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