Namasalwa v Commissioner Land Registration (Civil Miscellaneous Application 5 of 2024) [2024] UGHC 696 (13 June 2024)
Court
High Court of Uganda
Case number
Civil Miscellaneous Application 5 of 2024
Judge
Oyuko Anthony Ojok, J
The High Court granted a vesting order for land in Mawokota after finding the applicant had paid the price, taken possession, and met the statutory conditions.
Muvawala v Commissioner Land Registration & Anor (Miscellaneous Application No. 507 of 2016) [2017] UGHCLD 108 (15 August 2017)
Court
HC: Land Division (Uganda)
Case number
Miscellaneous Application No. 507 of 2016
Judge
Elubu, J
The High Court declined a temporary injunction over a land dispute, holding the applicant had not shown irreparable harm and that the status quo should remain.
Jhetam v Parker and Others (Civil Appeal No. 10 of 1952) [1952] EACA 317 (1 January 1952)
Court
East African Court of Appeal
Case number
Civil Appeal No. 10 of 1952
Judge
Windham J
The Central Rent Control Board acted ultra vires by issuing a conditional eviction order, as the Increase of Rent (Restriction) Ordinance, 1949, only permits final orders, not those contingent on future events. The tenant, having been out of occupation for over three years, bore the burden to rebut the presumption of cesser of possession but failed to demonstrate both a continuing intention to return and any outward, practical steps to preserve possession (corpus possessionis). His own admissions confirmed he was unable to reoccupy the premises due to his staff's occupation, and he did not le…