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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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Twed Towers along Kafu Road, Nakasero,Kampala.
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Judgment date
March 2013
Execution after a judgment debtor’s death without requisite notice renders a judicial sale void and title may be set aside.
Civil procedure – Execution against deceased judgment debtor – Requirement to bring legal representatives on record and to issue notice under Order 22 r 19 – Failure to give notice renders judicial sale null and void; Registration of Titles – Title impeachable where fraud/collusion in execution and transfer is established; bona fide purchaser inquiry in judicial sales.
18 March 2013
Appeal dismissed: accomplice evidence was corroborated and common intention established for kidnapping with intent to murder.
* Criminal law – Kidnapping with intent to murder – requirement of contemporaneous intent to kill; inference from surrounding circumstances. * Evidence – Accomplice testimony – need for independent corroboration; accomplice’s testimony cannot corroborate another accomplice. * Criminal liability – Common intention (s.20 Penal Code) – concerted action and probable consequence. * Sentence – appellate review of length and grounds for non-interference.
13 March 2013