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Uganda EX-Service Association v Kiboga District Land Board & 3oers (HCT .Misc. App. No. 303 of 2009)

High Court · [2010] UGHC 56 · 2010 Application Dismissed AI-generated summary ↓ Download Pin to watchlist Add to matter
Jurisdiction
Uganda
Case Type
Application for temporary injunction arising from civil suit challenging extension and issuance of certificates of title
Decision
Application for temporary injunction dismissed

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Holding

The court dismissed the application for a temporary injunction. The applicant failed to establish a prima facie case or prove that the suit property was in danger of being wasted or alienated. The applicant also failed to demonstrate that irreparable injury would be suffered that could not be compensated by damages. On a balance of convenience, granting the injunction would cause injustice to the respondents who held valid certificates of title and were in occupation of the disputed land.

Outcome

Application for temporary injunction dismissed

Facts

The applicant, Uganda Ex-Service Men Association, sought a temporary injunction to restrain the respondents from entering or developing land pending determination of High Court Civil Suit No. 91 of 2009, which challenged the extension and issuance of certificates of title to the respondents. The applicant claimed leases on Singo Block 517, Plots 33 and 34. The respondents, who held certificates of title for Singo Block 831, Plots 8, 9 and 10, averred they were registered owners with leases extended to full term effective October 1996, and that the applicant's described land was different from theirs. The respondents claimed they had been in continuous occupation carrying out mixed farming, and that the applicant was attempting to use police and army contacts to force them off their land.

Issues

  1. Whether the applicant has established a prima facie case with probability of success.
  2. Whether the applicant would suffer irreparable damage if the temporary injunction is not issued.

Orders

  • Application dismissed.
  • Costs awarded to the respondents.

Rules and key headnotes

Temporary Injunctions — Requirements for Grant
For a temporary injunction to issue under Order 41 rule 1 of the Civil Procedure Rules, the applicant must establish a prima facie case with a probability of success, prove that irreparable damage would otherwise be suffered which would not be adequately compensated in damages, and if the court is in doubt, the application will be decided on a balance of convenience.
Temporary Injunctions — Purpose and Scope
The subject matter of a temporary injunction is the protection of legal rights pending litigation. In exercising jurisdiction to protect legal rights to property from irreparable or serious damage pending trial, the court does not determine legal rights to property but merely preserves it in its actual condition until legal title or ownership can be established or declared.
Temporary Injunctions — Proof of Danger to Property
An applicant for a temporary injunction must establish by affidavit evidence that the property in dispute is in danger of being wasted, damaged or alienated. Evidence that a party is merely opening boundaries on land they claim to own does not per se establish that the property is in danger or that the applicant will suffer irreparable damage that cannot be compensated by way of damages.

Legislation cited (5)

Cases cited (2)

  • Imelda Gertrude Basudde Nalongo v Tereza Mwenkise (Misc. Appl. No. 0402 of 2003)
  • Godfrey Sekitoleko and Four Others v Seezi Peter Mutabazi and Two Others (Court of Appeal Civil Appeal No. 65 of 2001)

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Uganda EX-Service Association v Kiboga District Land Board & 3oers (HCT .Misc. App. No. 303 of 2009) [2010] UGHC 56 (14 July 2010)
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