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Nantumbwe & 4 Others v Tinkasimire (Miscellaneous Application 1983 of 2022)

High Court · [2024] UGHCLD 81 · 2024 Application Granted AI-generated summary ↓ Download Pin to watchlist Add to matter
Jurisdiction
Uganda
Case Type
Application to discharge temporary injunction order granted in earlier miscellaneous application arising from civil suit
Decision
Temporary injunction discharged; encumbrance on land title vacated

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Holding

Held that applicants established sufficient cause to discharge the temporary injunction where the respondent had no developments on the suit land at locus visit, was not the registered proprietor, and was not in possession of the land. A temporary injunction protects existing legal interests; where the beneficiary proves no interest in the land the injunction purports to protect, it cannot stand. Application allowed; injunction discharged and encumbrance on certificate of title vacated.

Outcome

Temporary injunction discharged; encumbrance on land title vacated

Facts

The respondent obtained a temporary injunction vide Miscellaneous Application No. 1235 of 2021 over land comprised in Kibuga Block 28 Plots 1244, 1245, 1246 and 1247 (formerly Plot 540) at Makerere Hill. The injunction was registered as an encumbrance on the certificate of title. The 1st applicant purchased the suit land from Nakalanzi Christine in 1973, later transferred it to the 2nd and 3rd applicants in 1993, who sold part to the 4th and 5th applicants in 2020. The respondent claimed a 2.5-acre kibanja interest and alleged he had developments and burial grounds on the land. Court conducted a locus visit on 20 September 2022 and observed palm grass on one part with no developments belonging to the respondent. An eviction order had been issued in respect of 5 decimals of the suit land. The suit land was registered in the names of the 4th and 5th applicants, not the respondent.

Issues

  1. Whether there is sufficient cause to discharge and set aside the temporary injunction order issued vide Miscellaneous Application No. 1235 of 2021.
  2. What remedies are available to the parties.

Orders

  • The Temporary Injunction Order issued vide Miscellaneous Application No. 1235 of 2021 is hereby discharged and set aside.
  • The Commissioner Land Registration to vacate the said temporary injunction order registered on the certificate of title to the suit land as an encumbrance.
  • No orders as to costs.

Rules and key headnotes

Civil Procedure — Temporary Injunctions — Grounds for Discharge
A temporary injunction may be discharged upon sufficient cause shown. Sufficient cause is established where the party seeking the injunction's protection has no proven legal or equitable interest in the property the injunction purports to protect.
Land & Property — Temporary Injunctions — Requirement of Interest in Land
For a party to enjoy the legal protection of a temporary injunction over land, that party must establish an interest in the land which would be deprived if the injunction is not granted. Where the beneficiary is not the registered proprietor, is not in possession, and has no developments on the land, no protectable interest exists.
Civil Procedure — Representation — Change of Advocates
Where an advocate acts without having filed a notice of change of advocates at the material time, the court may exercise its inherent powers under Section 98 of the Civil Procedure Act to validate a late-filed notice in the interests of substantive justice, preventing premature disposal of the suit on procedural grounds alone.

Legislation cited (7)

Cases cited (4)

  • Robert Kavuma v Hotel International Limited (Supreme Court Civil Appeal No. 08 of 1990)
  • Okodoi George & Another v Okello Opaire Sam (High Court Miscellaneous Application No. 0143 of 2016)
  • Aya Investment (U) Ltd v Industrial Development Corporation Of South Africa (Miscellaneous Civil Application No. 2908 of 2023)
  • Titus Tayebwa v Fred Bogere and Eric Mukasa (Civil Appeal No. 3 of 2009)

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