Uganda Case Law

Namatovu Ramula and Others v Modern Electronics Limited

Namatovu Ramula and Others v Modern Electronics Limited (Miscellaneous Application No. 1108 of 2025) [2025] UGHCLD 121 (10 July 2025)

Court

HC: Land Division (Uganda)

Case number

Miscellaneous Application No. 1108 of 2025

Judge

Naluzze Aisha Batala, J

The court found that the respondent's alleged injury, including the claimed UGX 400,000,000 in development costs, was quantifiable and could be compensated by monetary damages, thus failing the irreparable damage test required for a temporary injunction. The respondent did not challenge the appellants' proprietary interests but sought to enforce contractual obligations arising from a lease agreement with the previous owner. The court held that while the respondent demonstrated triable issues (prima facie case), the balance of convenience favored the appellants as registered proprietors who ha…

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• Temporary Injunctions
• Lease Agreements
• Privity Of Estate
• Balance Of Convenience
• Irreparable Damage
• Registered Proprietorship

Tanansi Zibalaba v Commissioner Land Registration and Another

Tanansi Zibalaba v Commissioner Land Registration and Another (Miscellaneous Application 2127 of 2024) [2025] UGHCLD 130 (9 July 2025)

Court

HC: Land Division (Uganda)

Case number

Miscellaneous Application 2127 of 2024

Judge

Kaahwa, J

The High Court of Uganda refused to remove caveats over disputed land, holding that pending civil suits meant the caveats should remain until those claims are resolved.

• Caveat Removal
• Registered Proprietorship
• Impersonation Of Owner
• Pending Civil Suits
• Caveat-removal
• Registered-proprietorship

Namale Shamim v Nataliya Nabbimba

Namale Shamim v Nataliya Nabbimba (Miscellaneous Appeal No. 944 of 2025) [2025] UGHCLD 123 (26 June 2025)

Court

HC: Land Division (Uganda)

Case number

Miscellaneous Appeal No. 944 of 2025

Judge

Naluzze Aisha Batala, J

The High Court allowed an appeal against a temporary injunction, finding unresolved name discrepancies meant the respondent had not established locus standi.

• Temporary Injunction
• Locus Standi
• Name Discrepancy
• Registered Proprietorship
• Temporary-injunction
• Locus-standi

Ssenkambwe and Others v Rwakaitkara

Ssenkambwe and Others v Rwakaitkara (CIVIL APPEAL NO.095 OF 2022) [2025] UGHC 234 (3 February 2025)

Court

High Court of Uganda

Case number

CIVIL APPEAL NO.095 OF 2022

Judge

Byaruhanga Rugyema, J

High Court appeal over land trespass succeeded after the court found the trial magistrate misread the evidence and the respondent lacked a valid occupant interest.

• Trespass To Land
• Registered Proprietorship
• Bonafide Occupant Status
• Injunctions
• Damages
• Evidence Evaluation

Kapta & Another v Mangusho

Kapta & Another v Mangusho (Civil Appeal 142 of 2023) [2024] UGHC 1106 (17 December 2024)

Court

High Court of Uganda

Case number

Civil Appeal 142 of 2023

Judge

Lubega, J

The court found that the cause of action accrued in 2006 when the respondent's father served notice to the appellants to vacate the land. Subsequent events, including a consent settlement and the purchase of alternative land, led to a fresh cause of action, and the suit was therefore not time-barred under the Limitation Act. The appellants failed to prove that they were bona fide occupants, as their occupation did not meet the statutory twelve-year requirement prior to the 1995 Constitution, and their father's occupation was as a caretaker, not as an owner. The evidence established that the a…

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• Limitation Periods
• Bona Fide Occupancy
• Trespass To Land
• Registered Proprietorship

Lwanga v Lubwama & Another

Lwanga v Lubwama & Another (Miscellaneous Cause 47 of 2024) [2024] UGHCLD 194 (23 July 2024)

Court

HC: Land Division (Uganda)

Case number

Miscellaneous Cause 47 of 2024

Judge

Naluzze Aisha Batala, J

The court found that the caveat in question had already been removed by the office of the 2nd Respondent, and the land subdivided, rendering the application moot. The 1st Respondent failed to take any substantive legal action since lodging the caveat in 2019, contrary to the principle that caveats are temporary protections requiring timely pursuit of claims. The affidavit in reply was partially sustained as hearsay and not within the deponent's knowledge, but this did not affect the substantive outcome. As the caveat no longer existed, the court declined to issue orders that would serve no pr…

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• Caveat Removal
• Registered Proprietorship
• Affidavit Evidence
• Hearsay In Affidavits

Nantongo v Sserubidde & 2 Others

Nantongo v Sserubidde & 2 Others (Miscellaneous Cause 19 of 2024) [2024] UGHCLD 83 (26 March 2024)

Court

HC: Land Division (Uganda)

Case number

Miscellaneous Cause 19 of 2024

Judge

Naluzze Aisha Batala, J

The High Court Land Division vacated a caveat over Busiro Block 411 Plot 396, finding the respondents failed to prove any caveatable interest. Costs were awarded, but compensation was denied.

• Caveats
• Registered Proprietorship
• Compensation For Wrongful Caveat
• Costs Award
• Caveatable-interest
• Land-registration

Senkubuge Isaac v Nakanjako Leticia, Nansubuga Peace & Kizito Elijah Mubiru

Senkubuge Isaac v Nakanjako Leticia, Nansubuga Peace & Kizito Elijah Mubiru (Miscellaneous Application 3064 of 2023) [2024] UGHCLD 26 (30 January 2024)

Court

HC: Land Division (Uganda)

Case number

Miscellaneous Application 3064 of 2023

Judge

Naluzze Aisha Batala, J

The High Court of Uganda allowed an application to join the registered landowner as a defendant in a land suit seeking cancellation of title.

• Joinder Of Parties
• Registered Proprietorship
• Multiplicity Of Suits
• Fair Hearing
• Joinder-of-parties
• Land-law

Namukasa Mary Grace v Nakyeyune Mukasa Gerald & Anor

Namukasa Mary Grace v Nakyeyune Mukasa Gerald & Anor (Civil Suit 380 of 2021) [2024] UGHCLD 62 (15 January 2024)

Court

HC: Land Division (Uganda)

Case number

Civil Suit 380 of 2021

Judge

Asiimwe, J

The High Court held that the plaintiff was the registered proprietor of Busiro Block 493 plot 42 and that the defendants’ unproven kibanja claim amounted to trespass.

• Trespass To Land
• Registered Proprietorship
• Kibanja Interest
• Burden Of Proof
• Remedies And Damages
• Trespass-to-land

Comfort Homes (U) Limited v Koku Apuuli and Others

Comfort Homes (U) Limited v Koku Apuuli and Others (Miscellaneous Application 3556 of 2023) [2023] UGHCLD 419 (29 December 2023)

Court

HC: Land Division (Uganda)

Case number

Miscellaneous Application 3556 of 2023

Judge

Naluzze Aisha Batala, J

The High Court allowed joinder of three registered proprietors as co-defendants in a land trespass suit to ensure all issues could be determined and to avoid multiplicity of suits.

• Joinder Of Parties
• Registered Proprietorship
• Trespass To Land
• Multiplicity Of Suits
• Amendment Of Pleadings
• Joinder-of-parties