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Amazon Enterprises Limited and Another v Byabagambe and Another [2025] UGHC 243

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Jurisdiction
Uganda
Case Type
Miscellaneous application raising preliminary objection that Civil Suit No. 764 of 2024 is res judicata
Decision
Civil Suit No. 764 of 2024 dismissed on grounds of res judicata

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Holding

The court upheld a preliminary objection that Civil Suit No. 764 of 2024 was res judicata. The respondents, who had been found to be trespassers with no claim of ownership in Civil Appeal No. 63 of 2020, filed a fresh suit six months later concerning the same land. The court held that the issues raised had been heard and finally decided, and dismissed the suit with costs.

Outcome

Civil Suit No. 764 of 2024 dismissed on grounds of res judicata

Facts

On 28 March 2024, the High Court delivered judgment in Civil Appeal No. 63 of 2020, finding that Amazon Enterprises Limited was a bonafide purchaser for value without notice of fraud and that all six respondents, including Kisiira John Baptist and Byabagambe Yusufu, were trespassers on land described as Kyadondo Block 254 Plots 884 at Kasanga and Nabutiti. Six months later, on 16 August 2024, Kisiira John Baptist and Byabagambe Yusufu, as administrators of the estate of the late Nabuwaya Jesca, filed Civil Suit No. 764 of 2024 against Amazon Enterprises Limited and others concerning the same land, claiming to be beneficiaries of the estate which comprised the suit land.

Issues

  1. Whether Civil Suit No. 764 of 2024 is res judicata having regard to the judgment in Civil Appeal No. 63 of 2020

Orders

  • Preliminary objection upheld.
  • Civil Suit No. 764 of 2024 dismissed on grounds of res judicata.
  • Costs awarded to the applicants.

Rules and key headnotes

Res Judicata — Requirements — Same Parties and Subject Matter
A suit is res judicata where the matter directly and substantially in issue has been directly and substantially in issue in a former suit between the same parties litigating under the same title, and has been heard and finally decided by a competent court.
Res Judicata — Land Disputes — Effect of Prior Determination
Where a court has determined that parties have no claim of ownership whatsoever on suit land and are trespassers, those parties cannot subsequently file a fresh suit claiming beneficial interest in the same land as the matter is res judicata.

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Amazon Enterprises Limited and Another v Byabagambe and Another 2025 UGHC 243 (30 April 2025)
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