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…

Source excerpt

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

Musoke v Ssesanga

Musoke v Ssesanga (Civil Appeal 11 of 2021) [2024] UGHC 732 (23 February 2024)

Court

High Court of Uganda

Case number

Civil Appeal 11 of 2021

Judge

Kaahwa, J

A land appeal succeeded after the High Court found material contradictions in the respondent’s evidence and held a 2000 sale agreement void for lack of authority.

• Succession And Administration Of Estates
• Land Trespass
• Validity Of Sale Agreements
• Evidence Evaluation
• Appeal Timeliness
• Land-trespass