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Kaye & 2 Others v Nansamba (Civil Appeal 36 of 2024) [2025] UGHC 59 (31 January 2025)
High Court appeal allowed after finding the trial magistrate lacked jurisdiction because the land dispute exceeded the monetary limit and was not purely customary.
Amongin v Ebenu (Civil Appeal 91 of 2023) [2024] UGHC 592 (3 July 2024)
The High Court upheld a Magistrate Grade 1 divorce ruling, holding that divorce jurisdiction under section 3 of the Divorce Act is not defeated by matrimonial property value alone.
Rubeihayo v Magoba (Miscellaneous Application 623 of 2021) [2024] UGHCCD 91 (31 May 2024)
The High Court dismissed a revision application challenging a magistrate’s certificate for distress for rent, holding the magistrate had jurisdiction under the Distress for Rent Act.
Lukandwa v Sentamu (Civil Appeal 11 of 2020) [2024] UGHC 245 (30 April 2024)
The High Court allowed the appeal and set aside the divorce court’s judgment, holding that the magistrate lacked pecuniary jurisdiction over the property dispute.
Bozongoza Alex t/a Express Integrity Auctioneers and Bailiffs v Oryem (Civil Revision No. 2 of 2020) [2020] UGHC 148 (23 July 2020)
The Chief Magistrate's Court exceeded its jurisdiction under the small claims procedure by awarding a total sum of shs. 13,000,000/=, surpassing the statutory pecuniary limit of shs. 10,000,000/=. Furthermore, the claim for recovery of the purchase price following a sale in execution of a decree should have been determined by the executing court under section 34(1) of the Civil Procedure Act, not by a separate suit. The applicant, as a court bailiff, was protected by qualified immunity for acts done in execution of a warrant unless shown to have acted illegally or in excess of authority, whic…
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Wadri & 4 Others v Dranilla (CIVIL REVISION NO. 7 OF 2019) [2020] UGHCCD 68 (29 April 2020)
The application for revision fails because the trial court acted within its jurisdiction, as the pecuniary value stated in the plaint (UGX 790,000) was well within the limits for a Magistrate Grade 1. The orders granted were declaratory and did not exceed the court's powers. The applicants' affidavits were struck out for being argumentative and prolix, leaving no competent application before the court. Issues of limitation and estoppel were not pleaded at trial and are not grounds for revision but for appeal. The High Court cannot revise orders of a Registrar, as revision jurisdiction under S…
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Twesigye v Mbabazi (Revision Cause No. 7 of 2019) [2019] UGHCLD 69 (5 December 2019)
The High Court held that the Grade One Magistrate lacked pecuniary jurisdiction, but the suit was properly transferable to the Chief Magistrate’s Court rather than dismissed.
Mujib Juma v Adam Musa & Ors (Civil Appeal No. 0053 of 2015) [2018] UGHCLD 27 (4 April 2018)
The High Court held that a Grade I Magistrate lacked jurisdiction over a trespass suit involving land value above the statutory limit. The appeal was dismissed and the cross appeal allowed.
Nimidde v Kagoda (Civil Revision No. 004 of 2014) [2014] UGHCCD 109 (28 August 2014)
The High Court revised and set aside a Chief Magistrate’s decree that ordered payment of an unspecified land value, finding it irregular and beyond proper jurisdictional limits.
