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Kulabako v Commissioner Land Registration (Miscellaneous Cause No. 0206 of 2022) [2025] UGHCCD 92 (26 June 2025)
The High Court allowed judicial review, quashed the Commissioner Land Registration’s title-cancellation order, and held the decision ultra vires and procedurally unfair.
Edgar Agaba v Uganda Land Commission (Miscellaneous Cause No. 7 of 2025) [2025] UGHCCD 74 (20 June 2025)
The court found that the respondent's letter to the Commissioner Land Registration was merely a recommendation and not a final decision capable of being challenged by judicial review. The Uganda Land Commission does not have the statutory mandate to cancel certificates of title; this authority is vested in the Commissioner Land Registration, who acts independently and must follow due process, including issuing summons and notices as required by law. Since the respondent's actions were within its legal mandate and did not amount to a final administrative decision, the application was premature…
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Sentongo Abdulnoor Kyamundu and Others v Justice Forum (JEEMA) and Others (Miscellaneous Cause No. 93 of 2025) [2025] UGHCCD 75 (20 June 2025)
The court found that the facts giving rise to the application first arose on 8th October 2020, and the application for judicial review should have been filed within three months from that date. Although the law allows the court to extend the time for filing upon application and demonstration of good reason, the applicants made no effort to seek such enlargement or provide justification for the delay. Consequently, the application was filed out of time and could not be entertained. The court dismissed the application with costs to the respondents, declining to consider the remaining issues.
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Sarah Anena v Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Uganda and Others (Constitutional Petition No. 0033 of 2021) [2025] UGCA 163 (15 May 2025)
The Constitutional Court dismissed Sarah Anena’s petition for want of prosecution after she failed to comply with directions on amendment, filing, and service.
Ssempijja v Attorney General and Others (Miscellaneous Cause 41 of 2023) [2025] UGHC 221 (16 April 2025)
The High Court dismissed a judicial review application challenging the planned removal of the Speaker of Masaka City because it was filed before the removal decision was made.
Uganda Sugar Manufacturers Association (USMA) Limited v Attorney General & 3 Others (Miscellaneous Cause 195 of 2024) [2025] UGHCCD 4 (20 January 2025)
The court found that the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Co-operatives (MTIC) failed to perform its statutory duty by not constituting the Uganda Sugar Board (USB) as required under the Sugar Act. The USB is the sole authority empowered to grant sugar and jaggery mill licences. The permissions and 'letters of no objection' (LONOs) issued by MTIC and the Uganda Investment Authority (UIA) to CN Sugar Limited and Shakti Sugar Limited were ultra vires, illegal, and of no legal effect. The establishment of sugar mills within a 25-kilometre radius of existing mills contravened both the National Sug…
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Mugisha v Uganda Law Society & 7 Others & Nabasa v Uganda Law Society & Another (Miscellaneous Application 1243 of 2024; Miscellaneous Application 1262 of 2024) [2024] UGHCCD 203 (13 December 2024)
The High Court granted temporary and mandatory injunctions over Uganda Law Society council decisions, an EGM, JSC elections, and a disputed candidate exclusion.
The Registered Trustees of Shree Sanatan Dharma Mandal v Kampala Capital City Authority (Miscellaneous Cause 25 of 2024) [2024] UGHCCD 185 (8 November 2024)
The respondent's council acted ultra vires, illegally, and irrationally by purporting to cancel the applicant's freehold estate and halt the redevelopment of Bat Valley Primary School. The powers to cancel a certificate of title are vested exclusively in the High Court and Commissioner for Land Registration, not the respondent. The respondent failed to afford the applicant a fair hearing, violating constitutional and statutory requirements of procedural fairness. The council's actions exceeded its legal mandate under the Kampala Capital City Act and were not supported by proper legal authorit…
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Bwambale Ezironi v Kyamukube Town Council Local Government and 4 Others (HCT-01-CV-MA 16 of 2021) [2024] UGHC 744 (16 August 2024)
The High Court struck out a judicial review application as overtaken by events after the applicant’s office instruments were returned, leaving no live dispute.
Makerere University v Makerere University Staff Appeals Tribunal and Another (Miscellaneous Cause 285 of 2023) [2024] UGHCCD 124 (12 August 2024)
The High Court held that the application was fit for judicial review, as the exclusion of the applicant's right to challenge the Staff Tribunal's decision would violate constitutional principles of equality and the rule of law. The Staff Tribunal acted illegally and irrationally by entertaining an appeal filed out of time, failing to render its decision within the statutory 45-day period, and issuing ex parte orders without proper procedure. The Tribunal exceeded its jurisdiction by ordering the reinstatement and payment of salary arrears to the 2nd respondent, thereby usurping the statutory…
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