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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
July 2014
Evidence Law
31 July 2014
Administrative Law|Administrative Review
23 July 2014
Civil Procedure|Appeals and reviews|Criminal law
16 July 2014
Criminal law
16 July 2014
Criminal law
16 July 2014
Applicant failed to show urgency or likelihood of success to justify an interim stay of High Court proceedings pending appeal.
Civil procedure — Stay of execution/interlocutory stay pending appeal — Applicant must show compliance with procedural requirements, urgency, likelihood of success and that execution would render appeal nugatory; Interlocutory jurisdiction — Single Justice’s powers under s.12 Judicature Act; Pleadings — Amendment and joinder do not automatically justify a stay; Abuse of process — multiplicity of suits relevant to discretionary refusal of stay.
11 July 2014
Conviction quashed where prosecution failed to prove embezzlement beyond reasonable doubt due to evidential gaps.
Criminal law – Embezzlement – sufficiency of evidence – identity and chain of custody of exhibits; contradictions and hearsay – appellate re-appraisal of evidence; misdirection on material facts; acquittal where proof beyond reasonable doubt absent.
1 July 2014
Criminal law
1 July 2014
Application for stay of High Court proceedings denied; joinder of company director upheld and no undue prejudice shown.
Civil procedure – stay of proceedings – discretionary and exceptional remedy; distinguish stay of execution – joinder of director permissible under Order 1 r.7 and r.10(2); absence of undue prejudice; refusal to stay where matter at scheduling stage.
1 July 2014
Criminal law
1 July 2014