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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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February 2015
Kintu & 4 ors v Uganda (Criminal Appeal No. 0001 of 2009) [2015] UGCA 16 (20 February 2015)
20 February 2015
Lubuulwa Tonny v Standard Chartered Bank (Civil Appeal 108 of 2012) [2015] UGCA 2039 (20 February 2015)

 

 20 February 2015
Baitwabusa v Uganda (Criminal Appeal No. 0026 of 2011) [2015] UGCA 19 (17 February 2015)
17 February 2015
Lomilo v Uganda (Criminal Appeal No. 239 of 2011) [2015] UGCA 15 (16 February 2015)
16 February 2015
Lwanga vs. Kabagambe (Civil Application No. 125 of 2009) [2015] UGCA 22 (16 February 2015)
Application for certificate for third appeal dismissed: proposed issues were factual, not questions of law of public importance.
Judicature Act s.6(2) – third appeal certification; certification limited to questions of law of great public or general importance; distinction between questions of law and questions of fact; onus on applicant to show public/general importance; issues must have arisen and been determined in lower courts.
 16 February 2015
Lubega v Nanyonga (Civil Application No. 125 of 2015) [2015] UGCA 24 (13 February 2015)
13 February 2015
Electoral Commission Vs Ssekikubo (Civil Application No. 14 of 2009) [2015] UGCA 187 (12 February 2015)
Applicant failed to show due diligence for admitting fresh evidence on appeal; application dismissed, costs to abide appeal.
Civil procedure – Admission of fresh evidence on appeal; requirements: unavailability despite due diligence, relevance, credibility, probable influence on result; client’s duty to ensure evidence is produced; counsel’s omission insufficient to justify reopening case.
 12 February 2015
Waidha v Uganda (Criminal Appeal No. 299 of 2014) [2015] UGCA 12 (12 February 2015)
12 February 2015
Ntambala v Uganda (Criminal Appeal No. 0177 of 2007) [2015] UGCA 8 (11 February 2015)
11 February 2015
Chelbei & Anor v Masai Labu (Miscellaneous Application No. 140 of 2010) [2015] UGCA 4 (6 February 2015)
Application to reinstate an appeal struck out for procedural non‑compliance and invalid letters of administration.
Civil procedure – Withdrawal of appeal – Rule 94 requirements (notice, service, consent) – Withdrawal after matter called for hearing requires leave – Rule 97: death does not abate appeal – Validity and admissibility of letters of administration – Administrator substitution and locus standi.
 6 February 2015
Naturinda Tamson v Uganda (Criminal Appeal No. 13 of 2011) [2015] UGCA 3 (3 February 2015)
Trial court must deduct remand time when sentencing; appellate court reduced manifestly excessive concurrent sentences.
Criminal law – sentencing – remand credit – duty of trial court under Article 23(8) to account for time on remand – misdirection if left to prison authorities – appellate review of excessive sentence – substitution of sentence.
 3 February 2015