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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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January 2014
Conviction for defilement upheld on a voluntary confession corroborated by medical and witness evidence; 17-year sentence affirmed.
Criminal law – Defilement – proof of identity; Confession – admissibility and trial-within-a-trial; Corroboration – medical evidence and witnesses; Victim non-attendance – admissibility of out-of-court statements; Sentencing – appellate interference only for wrong principle or manifest excessiveness.
22 January 2014
Whether the trial Judge rightly convicted of manslaughter and lawfully imposed consecutive sentences, affirmed on appeal.
Criminal law – Murder v manslaughter – identification evidence and ammunition issue; burden of proof; appellate reappraisal of evidence (Rule 30); pleading requirements on appeal (Rule 86); sentencing discretion – concurrent v consecutive sentences – Trial on Indictments Act s.2; appellate interference only where sentence is manifestly excessive or wrong in principle.
22 January 2014
Appellant’s dismissal upheld: he was heard, made admissions, procedural defects not pleaded or proved, appeal dismissed.
Employment law – disciplinary proceedings – dismissal after disciplinary inquiry; Administrative law – compliance with Public Service (Commission) Regulations (Reg.36) – particulars and written defence; Evidence – admissions at disciplinary hearing; Civil procedure – failure to plead factual issues and improper grounds of appeal (Rule 66(2)).
15 January 2014

 

7 January 2014