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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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September 2002
30 September 2002
Court allowed preliminary objections in part: struck out non‑concise grounds and expunged trial‑rejected documents from the appeal record.
Election petitions — pleadings and grounds of appeal — Rule 85(1) Court of Appeal Rules — required particularity and conciseness; appellate record — exclusion/expungement of documents not admitted at trial — Court’s inherent power to prevent abuse of process.
16 September 2002
Appellant awarded substantially increased general damages for prolonged unlawful occupation; most special damages rejected for lack of proof.
Property law – trespass and unlawful occupation of large-scale agricultural land – State vicarious liability for authorised occupation; Evidence – particularity and consistency required to prove special damages; Civil appeals – appellate interference with damages awards only where inordinately high/low or wrong principle applied.
9 September 2002