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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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August 2021
26 August 2021
26 August 2021
26 August 2021
26 August 2021
26 August 2021
25 August 2021
Abolition of statutory leases does not extinguish existing lessees’ rights; appellant’s title to disputed plot was fraudulent.
Property law – disputed cadastral descriptions – Plot 15A Bishop Wasike Road v. Plot 20 Malukhu Road; Constitutional law – abolition of statutory leases (1995) does not extinguish existing lessees’ rights; Land law – validity of leases and certificates of title; equitable interests and remedies – assignment, possession, injunctions and damages; procedural irregularity and alleged fraud in land allocation.
25 August 2021
25 August 2021
25 August 2021
25 August 2021
24 August 2021
23 August 2021

 

23 August 2021

 

23 August 2021
20 August 2021
Interim stay granted where notice of appeal, substantive application and imminent garnishee execution were established.
Interim stay of execution — conditions for grant (competent notice of appeal; substantive application; imminent threat of execution) — garnishee and bank attachment — interim injunction restraining enforcement pending substantive determination.
20 August 2021
12 August 2021
12 August 2021
Appeal allowed: life sentence set aside and substituted with 28 years after failure to consider mitigating factors.
Criminal law – Sentencing – Appellate intervention where trial court fails to consider material mitigating factors – Re-sentencing under section 11 Judicature Act – Consideration of remand period and offender's status.
12 August 2021
Court reduced life sentence to 28 years after trial judge failed to consider mitigating factors and remand time.
Criminal law – Sentencing – Murder – Life sentence set aside for failure to consider mitigating factors; remand period and first offender status relevant; Court of Appeal’s power to resentence under the Judicature Act.
12 August 2021
Appellant's life imprisonment for murder reduced to 28 years due to inadequate consideration of mitigating factors.
Criminal law – Sentencing – Consideration of remand time in sentencing – Appeal against life imprisonment sentence for murder – Mitigating factors not fully considered.
12 August 2021
12 August 2021
11 August 2021

 

6 August 2021