Uganda Case Law

Nakigonya Justine v Kawuma Betty

Nakigonya Justine v Kawuma Betty (Civil Appeal No. 13 of 2024) [2025] UGHCLD 87 (11 June 2025)

Court

HC: Land Division (Uganda)

Case number

Civil Appeal No. 13 of 2024

Judge

Naluzze Aisha Batala, J

The High Court found that the suit Kibanja was lawfully sold to the respondent after a customary distribution of the deceased's estate, in which the appellant acquiesced by accepting a different property. The court held that customary distribution is valid and beneficiaries may deal with their allocated share without letters of administration, provided the distribution is accepted by all. The appellant, having no legal interest in the suit Kibanja, was correctly found to be a trespasser. The trial court's jurisdiction was properly based on the value pleaded in the plaint, and no evidence was…

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• Customary Land Distribution
• Succession Without Administration
• Trespass To Land
• Pecuniary Jurisdiction
• Validity Of Sale Agreements

Akankwasa v Bitarabeho & 2 Others

Akankwasa v Bitarabeho & 2 Others (Civil Appeal 16 of 2023) [2025] UGHC 260 (29 April 2025)

Court

High Court of Uganda

Case number

Civil Appeal 16 of 2023

Judge

Karoli Lwanga Ssemogerere, J

The court held that neither the Appellant nor the Respondents could claim ownership of the suit land because the estate of the late Semei Kabonyi had not been administered in accordance with the law. No letters of administration had been obtained, and any distribution or occupation of the land by family members was legally ineffective in conferring ownership. The Appellant's claim for declarations of ownership and trespass failed because, under Section 187 of the Succession Act, no right to any part of the property of a person who died intestate can be established in court without a grant of…

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• Succession Without Administration
• Family Land Disputes
• Trespass To Land
• Limitation Of Actions

Baguma v Byakatonda

Baguma v Byakatonda (Civil Appeal 9 of 2022) [2024] UGHC 44 (25 January 2024)

Court

High Court of Uganda

Case number

Civil Appeal 9 of 2022

Judge

Byaruhanga Rugyema, J

The High Court dismissed a land appeal, holding that the respondent lawfully bought the land from the appellant’s brother and that no family consent issue was proved.

• Family Land Disputes
• Sale Of Land
• Succession Without Administration
• Trespass To Land
• Land-disputes
• Family-land