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Nawoova Betty and Hill Top Academy Limited v Nakasi Dorcus and Commissioner Land Registration [2026] UGHCLD 218

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Jurisdiction
Uganda
Case Type
Consequential ruling dismissing a first instance civil suit for trespass following a ruling in a related miscellaneous application
Decision
Civil Suit No. 353 of 2025 dismissed for lack of locus standi of the plaintiffs; no order as to costs

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Holding

Following its ruling in Miscellaneous Application No. 1524 of 2025 (delivered 12 June 2026), in which the Court found that the first plaintiff had no locus standi and the second plaintiff had no legal status to institute or maintain the suit, the Court gave effect to that finding and dismissed Civil Suit No. 353 of 2025, a claim for trespass, eviction, a permanent injunction and general damages over land at Busiro Block 459, Plots 1211, 1212 and 1213. The suit was held barred in law for want of locus standi. No order was made as to costs. The ruling determines no substantive question of land law.

Outcome

Civil Suit No. 353 of 2025 dismissed for lack of locus standi of the plaintiffs; no order as to costs

Facts

The plaintiffs sued by plaint claiming trespass on land comprised in Busiro Block 459, Plots 1211, 1212 and 1213 at Katale, and sought eviction of the first defendant, a permanent injunction, general damages and costs. A related application, Miscellaneous Application No. 1524 of 2025, arose out of the suit and was heard and disposed of by the Court. By ruling delivered on 12 June 2026 in that application, the Court held that the first plaintiff had no locus standi to institute the suit against the first defendant, that the second plaintiff had no legal status to institute and maintain the suit, and that the suit was barred in law for lack of locus standi. This ruling gave consequential effect to that determination.

Issues

  1. Whether Civil Suit No. 353 of 2025 could be maintained following the Court's finding in Miscellaneous Application No. 1524 of 2025 that the plaintiffs lacked locus standi.

Orders

  • Civil Suit No. 353 of 2025 is hereby dismissed for lack of locus standi of the Plaintiffs.
  • There is no order for costs.

Rules and key headnotes

Civil Procedure — Locus Standi — Consequential dismissal of a suit after a finding of no locus standi in a related application
Where the court has determined in a related interlocutory application that the plaintiffs lack locus standi and legal status to institute and maintain the suit, the suit is barred in law and stands to be dismissed by consequential order.

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Nawoova Betty and Hill Top Academy Limited v Nakasi Dorcus and Commissioner Land Registration [2026] UGHCLD 218 (15 June 2026)
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