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Nakisirinya Betty v Bruno Sentaktuuka Serunkuuma and Others (Miscellaneous Application No. 2186 of 2024) [2025] UGCommC 186 (20 June 2025)
The High Court granted an application for discovery, finding the requested bank, land, and mortgage documents relevant to the main suit and necessary for fair disposal.
Hakiri and 2 Others v Attorney General and 31 Others (Civil Appeal No. 110 of 2017) [2021] UGCA 196 (16 December 2021)
The Court of Appeal found that the appellants were evicted from the suit land in 1992, not 2004, and their suit filed in 2005 was time-barred under section 5 of the Limitation Act. The evidence showed that the appellants were permitted to use the land under a Government program and did not acquire it as customary tenants. Their temporary re-occupation in 2004 did not revive any legal interest or reset the limitation period. The appellants failed to prove lawful or bona fide occupancy as defined by the Land Act and Constitution. The Government's registration of the land in the Uganda Land Comm…
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Kamada v Nakandi & Anor (Misc. Application No. 0775 of 2017) [2017] UGHCLD 364 (9 November 2017)
The court found that the Registrar lacked jurisdiction to review or enter the consent judgment in a matter that was actively before a Judge and subject to an injunction. The applicant, Kamada Bukenya, was not a party to the consent judgment but only a witness in the main suit and had already filed a separate suit on the same subject matter, thus lacking locus standi as an aggrieved party for purposes of review or joinder. The consent judgment was entered in error, without the presence of counsel for all parties, and in circumstances amounting to irregularity, misapprehension, and possible col…
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Kasedde Mukasa and 7 Others v Ssewava Senyongo and 2 Others (Civil Suit No. 221 of 2009) [2017] UGHC 124 (25 April 2017)
High Court held the 1st and 2nd defendants liable for fraud in a land transfer dispute, but upheld the 3rd defendant’s title as a bona fide purchaser without notice.
Makumba v Watsemba (HCT-04-CV-CR-0005/2003) [2005] UGHCFD 4 (12 May 2005)
The High Court revised a magistrate’s order, holding that the deceased’s principal residential holding could not be distributed and that the widow and children could remain in the house.
