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Bachubhai Karsandas Thobani v Mugume and 2 Others (Civil Suit 615 of 2017) [2025] UGHCLD 41 (28 February 2025)
The High Court held that the plaintiff’s lease remained protected by expropriation-related rules, so the land was not available for reallocation and the 1st defendant’s title was cancelled.
Kabaale & Another v Edhiruma (Civil Appeal 15 of 2023) [2024] UGHC 175 (16 April 2024)
The High Court allowed a land appeal, cancelled the respondent’s leasehold title, and held that rent arrears were not payable because the respondent lacked lawful title.
ATC Uganda Limited v Kalinzi (Miscellaneous Application 115 of 2023) [2024] UGHC 313 (9 April 2024)
The High Court at Masaka refused leave to defend a summary suit for recovery of land, holding the lease had expired and no triable issue was shown.
Teefe v Kakaire and Others (Land Civil Suit 49 of 2007) [2023] UGHC 66 (30 August 2023)
The plaintiff lawfully acquired a 49-year lease from the Iganga District Land Board after the defendants' lease expired and was not renewed. The certificate of title issued to the plaintiff is conclusive evidence of ownership, and the IGG investigation found no fraud in the acquisition process. The defendants, having failed to renew their lease and refusing to vacate after compensation was offered, are tenants at sufferance and have no legal claim to the property. Their continued occupation constitutes trespass. The counterclaim for fraud and cancellation of the plaintiff's title fails due to…
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Mash Investments Limited v Kampala District Land Board and Others (Civil Suit 899 of 2017) [2023] UGHCLD 237 (9 August 2023)
The plaintiff breached the lease agreement by failing to comply with the building covenant requiring construction of buildings worth at least 500 million Uganda shillings by the stipulated deadline. Upon expiry of the lease on 31 December 2014, the suit land reverted to the 1st defendant, which was legally entitled to re-allocate the lease to the 2nd defendant. The evidence did not establish fraud or illegality on the part of the defendants, and the 2nd and 3rd defendants were lawfully in possession of the suit land. The plaintiff was not entitled to extension or renewal of the lease, nor to…
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Lududula and 6 Others v Rev Canon Luzinda and Others (Civil Suit No. 2029 of 2016) [2023] UGHCLD 6 (16 January 2023)
The court found that the Luwero District Land Board, not the Uganda Land Commission, was the proper authority to vary or extend the lease after the coming into force of the 1995 Constitution. The purported extension of the lease by ULC was null and void, and the lease expired in March 2013. Upon expiry, the land reverted to the District Land Board, which lawfully allocated freehold titles to the Plaintiffs and Counter-Defendants. The Defendant/Counter-Claimant's continued occupation after expiry amounted to trespass. The counterclaim, based on an expired lease, failed, and the Plaintiffs' and…
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Mubanda v Uganda Consolidated Properties Limited and Another (Civil Suit No. 317 of 2013) [2023] UGHCLD 4 (16 January 2023)
The High Court held that the 2nd defendant’s occupation of the land after lease expiry was trespass, and awarded the plaintiff mesne profits, damages, interest, and costs.
Wasswa v Mulesa Onyait & 3 Others (Civil Suit No. 13 of 2012) [2020] UGHCLD 12 (11 June 2020)
The court found that the preliminary objection raised by Counsel for the 4th Defendant was procedurally defective due to lack of locus, as no notice of change of Advocates was filed. Substantively, the renewal of the lease by the 3rd Defendant did not extinguish the Plaintiff's equitable interest, especially since an injunction had been granted to maintain the status quo pending determination of the suit. The 3rd Defendant's renewal of the lease while the matter was sub judice constituted contempt of court and an attempt to circumvent judicial authority. The court held that technical legal ar…
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Lagen v Okot Okumu (Civil Appeal No. 74 of 2016) [2019] UGHC 53 (26 September 2019)
The High Court allowed a land appeal, held the appellant had an equitable interest from holding over, and cancelled the respondent’s title for illegality.
Ojede v Lutalo (Civil Appeal No. 126 of 2012) [2019] UGCA 123 (6 May 2019)
The Court of Appeal allowed an appeal over a disputed Lira property, holding the land board wrongly granted the respondent a lease and recognizing the appellant’s family interest in Part B.
