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Okello v Akello and Another (Civil Appeal 135 of 2021) [2025] UGHC 38 (31 January 2025)
The High Court dismissed a land appeal, holding the appellant failed to prove ownership or trespass, and setting aside the trial court’s declaration of customary ownership for the respondents.
Kaahwa and Another v Taragaboine and 4 Others (Civil Appeal 36 of 2024) [2024] UGHC 924 (13 September 2024)
The High Court dismissed a land appeal, finding no proof that the respondents trespassed or encroached on the appellants’ land and upholding the trial court’s evaluation of the evidence.
Katerega v Namugala & Another (Miscellaneous Application 522 of 2024) [2024] UGHCFD 41 (31 July 2024)
The High Court dismissed an application to add the applicant as a beneficiary of Sir Daudi Chwa II’s estate, finding the motion fatally defective for want of valid authority.
Katende & 3 Others v Katende (Civil Suit 160 of 2021) [2024] UGHCFD 39 (30 July 2024)
The High Court of Uganda held that the deceased’s will was valid, rejected fraud allegations, and declined a share in Komamboga, but awarded the plaintiffs 5 acres in Singo.
Nyakojo and 5 Others v Musaija and 4 Others (Civil Appeal 355 of 2021) [2024] UGCA 130 (22 May 2024)
The Court of Appeal dismissed a second appeal over ownership and trespass to land, upholding concurrent findings that the respondents were the lawful owners.
Otim and Another v Odele (Civil Appeal 4 of 2023) [2024] UGHC 527 (30 April 2024)
The High Court dismissed a land appeal, upholding findings that the respondent proved inheritance-based ownership and that the appellants were trespassers.
Semugoma & Another v Administrator General & 3 Others (Civil Suit 10 of 2018) [2024] UGHC 298 (25 April 2024)
The High Court in Masaka held that Peter Semugoma proved title by adverse possession over land from the estate of Atanansi Lwayiisa, and found the defendants trespassers.
Palam Sub-County & 2 Others v Akareut (Civil Appeal 5 of 2023) [2024] UGHC 188 (9 April 2024)
The High Court upheld most of a land ownership judgment, finding the suit land formed part of the late Eria Anukur’s estate, but set aside general damages.
Abdallah Semakula and Others v Eliphaz Katamba and Others (HCT-17-LD-CS-0054-2023) [2024] UGHC 1271 (8 April 2024)
The High Court found that Plot 26 in Buruli Block 136 belonged to Katamba Sofatiya’s estate and ordered cancellation of Ibu Ssekayi’s title.
Nabirye & Another v Wakoire & Another (Civil Appeal 163 of 2022) [2024] UGHC 72 (28 February 2024)
The appeal fails on all grounds. The court found that the 1st Respondent lawfully obtained Letters of Administration, as the advertisement in the Monitor newspaper constituted sufficient notice and the Administrator General acted appropriately in issuing the Certificate of No Objection. The trial Chief Magistrate's redistribution of the matrimonial home to the 1st Appellant remedied any injustice, and there was no satisfactory evidence of mismanagement of the estate. The claims of fraud and sole ownership of the Namakakale land by the 1st Appellant were unsupported by evidence. The court uphe…
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