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Abwola Vicent v Oyet Bosco and Another 2025 UGCA 373 (18 November 2025)

Whether long uninterrupted customary occupation amounted to a valid gift inter vivos conferring ownership.
Customary land law; gift inter vivos - elements and proof by long uninterrupted occupation; prescription and exclusive possession; judicial notice of public notoriety (LRA insurgency); limits of second appeal on questions of fact.
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Abwola Vicent v Oyet Bosco and Another 2025 UGCA 373 (18 November 2025)

Whether prolonged, uninterrupted occupation under custom could constitute a valid inter vivos gift that transferred ownership.
Customary land law: requirements for an inter vivos gift and how long, continuous occupation can serve as proof; issues of prescription and exclusive possession; the court’s ability to take judicial notice of matters of public notoriety (such as LRA insurgency);...

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Agnes Nankya and Another v Amisi Luyombo and Others 2025 UGCA 372 (18 November 2025)

The appellate court confirmed the cancellation of the land title, held that the buyer was not a registered bona fide purchaser, and therefore dismissed the appeal.
Land law – cancellation of title – a certificate of title may be impeached if the registration was obtained through fraud or contradicts the intentions expressed in the deceased’s will; Bona fide...

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Aharon LiRan v Shmuel Hirshberg Muli and Others 2025 UGCA 380 (18 November 2025).

Appeal dismissed: Ugandan court had jurisdiction, service valid, ex parte trial proper, and evidence supported beneficial ownership declarations.
Civil procedure – service on foreign company carrying on business locally – Order 29 Rule 2 CPR and s.258 Companies Act; Jurisdiction – forum conveniens and cause of action arising locally; Ex parte proceedings – Order 9 Rule 25...
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Akwero Juliana and Okeny Geoffrey v Okot Jalon 2025-UGHC-1316-20-November-2025.

Court granted a one-year renewal of administrators' letters despite delayed compliance, imposing strict inventory and accounts deadlines.
* Succession law – Renewal/extension of Letters of Administration – When and on what terms a court may renew expired grants. * Fiduciary duties – Administrators’ duty to file a full, true and accurate inventory and render accounts – Consequences...
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Alliance High School v Sheikh Shaban Mubajje and Another 2025 UGHC 1038 (26 September 2025)

Registered title upheld; defendants’ entries were trespass; injunction, damages and costs awarded.
Land law – Registration of Titles Act – Certificate of title presumptively conclusive; fraud required to impeach title. Land law – Kibanja/sale agreements – informal/partial payment agreements may constitute loans, not transfers. Tort – Trespass – elements: ownership/possession, entry and unlawfulness satisfied; remedies: declarations, injunction, special, general...
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Ambrose Kagangure V DFCU BANK LIMITED & Akright Projects LTD H/C CIVIL SUIT NO. 388 OF 2012 [2025]

20 June 2025 HC: Civil Division (Uganda)
Plaintiff's claim for unlawful eviction dismissed; property lawfully mortgaged and sold.
Contract Law - Mortgage - Validity of Sale Agreement and Power of Attorney in mortgage proceedings - Cause of action and eviction claims
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ames Paul Mukooza and Others v Christine Musoki and Others 2025 UGHCLD 387 (24 November 2025).

Leave to appeal granted where trial court dismissed suit as time-barred without addressing pleaded exceptions to limitation.
* Civil procedure – Leave to appeal – Where there is no automatic right, leave granted only if intended appeal has reasonable prospects or arguable grounds and applicant not dilatory. * Limitation law – Exceptions (disability, discovery of fraud) –...
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Amony Miriam v Spunline SMC Limited 2025 UGCommC-436-26-November-2025

Disputed date of death and credible documentary evidence defeated attempt to set aside a properly obtained default judgment.
* Civil procedure – Order 36 (summary suit) – setting aside default judgment – effectiveness of service and sufficient cause under Order 36 Rule 11 and Rule 5. * Evidence – burden of proof – credibility of documentary evidence...
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Anguria Peter and Others v Byamugisha Emma 2025 UGRSB 36 (8 December 2025)

Whether allegedly forged board resolutions were invalid and should be expunged from the company register.
Companies law – validity of board resolutions – Articles of Association (Articles 52, 56) – forged or unauthorised signatures – Registrar’s power to expunge entries under Companies (Powers of the Registrar) Regulations (Regulations 8 and 32) – void ab initio.
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Arapai Market Traders and Venders Association Limited v Serere District Local Government 2025 UGPPDPAAT 58 (1 December 2025)

Tribunal struck out the applicant’s procurement challenge for one‑day late filing; statutory timelines in procurement law are non‑extendable.
Public procurement — administrative review — statutory filing deadlines — strict and non‑extendable timelines for Tribunal challenges — administrative review committee recommendations are advisory — failure to issue Accounting Officer decision is procedural error but cannot cure late filing...
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Attorney General v Festus Akunobera 2025 UGCA 324 19 September 2025

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Awor Rita Monica v Okullo Willy and Another 2025 UGRSB 35 (24 November 2025)

Executrix may challenge 2021 share transfers and company amendments; Registrar expunged illegal endorsements and restored original share status.
Companies law – Share transfers – validity of transfer instruments – requirement of proper execution and board/ordinary resolution approval; Companies (Powers of the Registrar) Regulations – power to expunge inaccurate/illegal endorsements and rectify register; Membership – subscribers vs. members;...
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Bakabulindi Judith v Dr Jones Yosia Kyazze 2025 UGHCFD 175 (14 November 2025).

Purported customary marriage held void ab initio due to respondent's subsisting monogamous marriage; petition dismissed.
Customary marriage — Section 11(e) Customary Marriages (Registration) Act — purported customary marriage void ab initio where a party has a subsisting monogamous marriage; cohabitants' property claims — equitable, trust and common law remedies; preliminary objections — applicability where central legal issue...
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Bakampa Brian Baryaguma v Law Development Centre 2025-UGHCCD-202-20-November-2025.

The court held that the application for judicial reference of taxation was improperly brought, as only a taxing officer acting on their own motion or with the consent of the parties may refer a bill of costs to a judge. Under sections 68(1), (2), and (3) of the Advocates Act, an applicant cannot create a procedure where none exists. The...

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Baku Raphael Obudra v Attorney General 2025 UGCC 26 (4 December 2025)

ATIA exemption for pre-conclusion court records unconstitutional; JSC shortlisting discretion and AG non-intervention lawful.
Access to information — Article 41 — Parliamentary mandate under Article 41(2) — ATIA provisions — cabinet records; confidentiality and privilege; deliberative process exemption — Section 1(2)(b) ATIA (court records pre-conclusion) held unconstitutional...
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Bayo Geofrey v Uganda 2025 UGCA 335 (29 September 2025).

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Beatrice Aber v Equity Bank (U) Ltd 2025 UGCommC 425 (20 November 2025)

Bank lawfully debited account pursuant to a verified garnishee order; applicant failed to prove fraud or bank breach.
Civil procedure – misnomer and party identification; Banking law – garnishee orders and bank duties; Fiduciary duty – limits where a court order supersedes customer mandate; Fraud – particulars must be strictly pleaded and proved; Regulatory advisories (FIA) are...
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Begumya Naphtal and Kyokusiima Lilian v Tumushabe Jonah and Others 2025 UGCA 378 (18 November 2025)

The appeal succeeded in part because the trial court improperly relied on customary law that had not been pleaded. However, the grant of letters of administration was upheld under the small-estate exception.

  • Succession and estates – validity of letters of administration: under section 2(5) of the Administration of...

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Besigye v Museveni Anor 2001 UGSC 15-6-July-2001.

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