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Court of Appeal of Uganda

The Court of Appeal is the second highest court in the land.  It came into being following the promulgation of the 1995 Constitution, and the enactment of the Judicature Statute, 1996. Article 134 of the Constitution established the structure of the Court of Appeal.

While presiding over matters , it is duly constituted when it consists of an odd number of not less than three (3) justices of the Court of Appeal. It is this court that constitutes itself into a Constitutional Court in accordance with the Constitution to hear constitutional cases.

The Constitutional Court consists of fifteen (15) justices and handles the matters, issues or cases concerning the interpretation of the Constitution  When presiding over a constitutional matter, there must be a quorum of at least five (5) justices of the court.

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December 1981
Express Electrical Engineers & Contractors v Uganda Post & Telecommunications Corporation (Civil Appeal 8 of 1980) [1981] UGCA 3 (3 December 1981)

 

 3 December 1981
Associated Architects v Nazziwa and Another (Civil Appeal No. 5 of 1981) [1981] UGCA 4 (1 December 1981)
Improperly admitted medical report under s.30(b) did not affect outcome; appellate court upheld damages as not excessive.
Evidence — admissibility of medical reports under s.30(b) Evidence Act — necessity of proving maker’s unavailability or undue inconvenience/expense before reception of report; Civil damages — appellate review of quantum — interference only if wrong principle applied or award so excessive/low as to be wholly erroneous.
 1 December 1981
November 1981
Nsubuga Senfuma v Yahaya Serugga (Civil Application No. 15 of 1980) [1981] UGCA 2 (6 November 1981)
Registry-caused delay in supplying record justified extension to lodge appeal; appellants should use rule 81(1) proviso.
Civil procedure — extension of time to appeal — delay caused by High Court registry — application under rule 4; Rule 81(1) proviso allows exclusion of registrar-certified delay; supporting affidavit should preferably state nature of the case (Shah v. Jamnadas practice).
 6 November 1981
August 1981
Bulasio Konde v Bulandina Nankya & Anor (Civil Appeal No. 7 of 1980) [1981] UGCA 1 (14 August 1981)
An appellate court will not reverse a lower court by consent or permit consent orders that displace statutory succession rights.
* Civil procedure – Appeal by consent – appellate court will not allow appeal by consent to reverse lower court without hearing. * Succession law – Statutory rights – parties cannot by consent alter distribution mandated by the Succession Act. * Consent orders – validity where reached without counsel’s consultation or affecting non‑parties (administrator pendente lite). * Contempt and administration – grantee of letters of administration who disobeys court and intermeddles with estate. * Public policy – courts will not record consent settlements that perpetuate fraud or contravene statute.
 14 August 1981