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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.

Physical address
Twed Towers along Kafu Road, Nakasero,Kampala.
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416 judgments
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  • Family law – adoption – welfare principle – suitability of single female adopter – best interests of the child – failure to evaluate all statutory requirements – child abandoned by relatives – long-term foster care – gender of adopter not overriding
12 May 2025
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  • Civil Procedure—Consent Judgment—Attorney General’s authority—lack of instructions—misrepresentation and mistake—setting aside consent—Appellate reappraisal of trial court findings—appeal allowed—consent judgment set aside—main suit remitted for trial
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  • Civil procedure—review—locus standi of beneficiaries—error apparent on the face of the record—judgment set aside—suit remitted for retrial—partial execution found incomplete—application for review not rendered moot—appeals dismissed—costs awarded against appellants
25 April 2025
  • Employment law—wrongful dismissal—general damages UGX 1,000,000,000 reduced to UGX 500,000,000—share compensation USD 108,750 reduced to USD 20,000—interest on damages revised from 15% to 10% and 8%—cross-appeal partially allowed—costs apportioned
25 April 2025
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24 April 2025
  • Criminal law—aggravated defilement—anal penetration—14-year-old boy—male perpetrator—remand period—illegal sentence—sentence reduction—partly allowed
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