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Mutezi v Aganya (Originating Summons 6 of 2024) [2024] UGHCLD 231 (30 September 2024)
The High Court held that an originating summons was an unsuitable procedure for a disputed easement and access-road claim, and dismissed the suit.
Marihera v Mwesigwa and 3 Others (Civil Appeal 52 of 2017) [2024] UGHCLD 201 (31 July 2024)
The High Court upheld a finding that an access road existed on the suit land, rejected the appellant’s challenge, and dismissed the appeal with costs.
Kakyo v Rwakijuma and 4 Others (HCT-01-LD-CA 39 of 2017) [2023] UGHCCD 255 (31 August 2023)
The High Court allowed a land access-road appeal, set aside the trial judgment, and ordered a retrial after finding a fair-hearing lapse in how the unrepresented appellant was handled at locus.
Byaruhanga V Okullu Silver Cohens & Another (Civil Appeal No. 34 of 2008) [2019] UGCA 2021 (19 September 2019)
The Court of Appeal upheld a judgment finding that the appellant had blocked a planned access road serving the respondents’ plots and dismissed the appeal.
Musoke v Agard & 2 ors (Civil Appeal No. 36 of 2012) [2015] UGHCCD 55 (21 May 2015)
The court found that the Respondents had established the existence and continuous use of an access road through Plot 140 prior to the Appellant's acquisition of the land. The evidence, including testimony from the LC1 Chairperson and other witnesses, confirmed the access road's existence and use by the Respondents. The court held that the Access to Roads Act Cap 350 was inapplicable because the case was not about creating a new access road but enforcing rights over an existing one. The Appellant's title was subject to these existing rights, and his actions in blocking the road constituted tre…
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Jamnadas Vasanji Lodhia & 2 Ors v Kampala District Land Board & Anor (Civil Suit No. 298 of 2011) [2012] UGHC 231 (8 November 2012)
The High Court held that the land allocation and lease title were fraudulent, declared an easement by necessity, cancelled the title, and awarded punitive damages.
Abbas Brothers v Champsi (Civil Appeal No. 19 of 1951) [1951] EACA 36 (1 January 1951)
The Court of Appeal held that the defendant had to prove a right to use land alleged to be private and that long user did not by itself make the track a public way.
