Sikia Law – The Legal Assistant

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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...
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
Court revoked probate obtained by fraud, found Administrator negligent and Registrar’s caveat removal unlawful.
Succession law – fraud in procurement of Letters of Administration – revocation under section 230; Administrator General – duty to verify Succession Register and fiduciary duty when issuing Certificates of No Objection; Land law – removal of caveats requires mandatory notice under section 124(1) Registration...
Whether the High Court has general and territorial jurisdiction to hear a divorce filed outside the respondent’s circuit.
Divorce jurisdiction — High Court’s unlimited original jurisdiction (Art.139) vis-à-vis Section 3 Divorce Act; exceptional circumstance where matrimonial assets exceed UGX 50,000,000; territorial jurisdiction under Section 15(a) Civil Procedure Act — residence of respondent determines correct circuit; filing in wrong High...
Applicant proved breach of contract; awarded unpaid principal, general damages, interest and costs.
Contract law – breach of contract and recovery of unpaid sums; evidential burden in ex parte proceedings – reliance on invoices and bank statements; abandonment of defence by non-attendance (Order 9 Rule 20); damages under s.67(7) Contracts Act; award of interest and costs.