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Commercial And Corporate [2025] UGCommC 28

Bukuli v Bigirwenkya

Bukuli v Bigirwenkya (Civil Suit 10 of 2021) [2025] UGCommC 28 (18 March 2025)

Court
Commercial Court of Uganda
Case number
Civil Suit 10 of 2021
Judge
Stephen Mubiru, J

The court found that the plaintiff's late payments under the original land sale agreement were accepted by the defendant without protest, amounting to a waiver of the breach. The defendant subsequently resold the land without rescinding the contract, constituting anticipatory repudiation and discharging the plaintiff's remaining obligations. The agreement of 29th October, 2016, in which the defendant undertook to refund the plaintiff's payments, was not vitiated by duress, as there was no credible evidence of illegitimate pressure or compulsion. The defendant's counterclaim for losses arising…

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  • Breach Of Contract
  • Waiver Of Breach
  • Duress In Contract
  • Anticipatory Repudiation
  • Remedies For Breach
  • Land Sale Agreements
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Land And Property [1955] EACA 288

Salim v Salim

Salim v Salim (Civil Appeal No. 60 of 1954) [1955] EACA 288 (1 January 1955)

Court
East African Court of Appeal
Case number
Civil Appeal No. 60 of 1954
Judge
O'Connor CJ, Sir Enoch Jenkins, JA, Worley VP

The Court of Appeal held that the Rent Control Board had jurisdiction to order recovery of possession for breach of covenant in a lease containing a forfeiture clause, as conferred by the Increase of Rent (Restriction) Ordinance. The oral and documentary evidence established that the tenant had sub-let the premises without the landlord's written consent, in breach of the lease. The agreement produced was not a registrable lease but an agreement for a lease, and even if inadmissible, sufficient oral evidence of sub-letting existed. The Board and Supreme Court were entitled to accept this evide…

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  • Landlord Tenant Disputes
  • Rent Control
  • Forfeiture Of Lease
  • Waiver Of Breach
  • Admissibility Of Evidence
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