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Bwanika Trevor Lukanga v Kiyingi Hannington and Another (Miscellaneous Application 240 of 2024) [2025] UGHC 371 (29 May 2025)
The High Court struck out a land recovery suit for lack of locus standi and limitation, holding that the attorneys’ powers were incompetent and the claim was time-barred.
Mubiru Christopher and Others v Baliyanja Robert (Miscellaneous Cause No. 009 of 2024) [2025] UGHC 292 (12 May 2025)
The High Court granted ex parte consequential orders cancelling the respondent’s title and restoring the 3rd applicant as proprietor after a prior land recovery judgment.
Lubega v Mugerwa (Miscellaneous Cause 20 of 2022) [2025] UGHC 194 (18 April 2025)
The High Court granted a consequential order canceling the respondent’s title over land wrongly including the applicant’s 2 acres of Kibanja, and ordered survey off of the land.
Kasibbo v Bawube & Another (Miscellaneous Application 2866 of 2024) [2025] UGHCLD 3 (20 January 2025)
The High Court held that the land claim was time-barred under the Limitation Act and dismissed the suit because the 12-year period had expired.
Ssengendo v Lugwisa (Civil Appeal 188 of 2023) [2024] UGHCLD 288 (2 December 2024)
The High Court found that the trial magistrate correctly expunged the appellant's exhibits, as documents only become evidence if properly tendered and admitted. The appellant's claims to the suit land were inconsistent, shifting between adverse possession, donation, and occupation, undermining his credibility and legal standing. The respondent, as beneficiary under a valid will, had a better title to the land. The appellant's reliance on Section 29(1)(b) of the Land Act was misplaced, as the land was not registered and the late Lupa was not a registered owner. The court held that the responde…
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Owora v Magode Ikuya and Others (CIVIL SUIT NO.0030 OF 2022) [2024] UGHC 1238 (7 November 2024)
The High Court dismissed a land suit as time barred, holding the cause of action arose in 1999 and no limitation exception was properly pleaded.
Mbuki v The School Management Committee of Aringa & 2 Others (Civil Suit 30 of 2013) [2024] UGHC 987 (4 October 2024)
The court found that the plaintiff's claim, as pleaded, is for recovery of land and not for conversion. The tort of conversion applies only to movable property (chattels), not to land or immovable property. The limitation period for recovery of land is twelve years from the accrual of the cause of action. The plaintiff's cause of action accrued in November 2004 when the defendants took over the school and land. The plaintiff protested the takeover in 2004 and again in 2011, and filed the suit in October 2013, which is within the twelve-year limitation period. Therefore, the suit is not time b…
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Matovu and Another v Anango and 16 Others (Civil Appeal 102 of 2023) [2024] UGHC 734 (1 August 2024)
The High Court held that the trial magistrate erred in law and fact by finding he had no jurisdiction to hear the suit, as the claim was for recovery of customary land governed solely by civil customary law, which under section 207(2) of the Magistrates Courts Act confers unlimited jurisdiction on a Magistrate Grade One regardless of pecuniary value. The court distinguished between actions for trespass and recovery of land, finding that the present case was solely about ownership and not trespass. The magistrate's reliance on the value of the land to oust jurisdiction was misplaced, and failu…
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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.
Wanji Musa (Administrator of the estate the late Sekitayira Sulumani v The School Management Committee of Damalie Nabagereka (Civil Appeal 70 of 2023) [2024] UGHCLD 78 (28 March 2024)
The High Court set aside the lower court judgment for lack of jurisdiction, finding the land dispute exceeded the chief magistrate’s civil jurisdiction.
