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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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4,310 judgments
May 2025
  • 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
9 May 2025
9 May 2025
8 May 2025
8 May 2025
8 May 2025
8 May 2025
8 May 2025
5 May 2025
5 May 2025
5 May 2025
5 May 2025
2 May 2025
April 2025
25 April 2025
  • 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
25 April 2025
25 April 2025
24 April 2025
  • Criminal law—aggravated defilement—anal penetration—14-year-old boy—male perpetrator—remand period—illegal sentence—sentence reduction—partly allowed
24 April 2025
24 April 2025
24 April 2025
24 April 2025
24 April 2025
24 April 2025
17 April 2025
14 April 2025
14 April 2025
10 April 2025
10 April 2025
10 April 2025
10 April 2025
10 April 2025
10 April 2025
4 April 2025
Appellate court reduced a murder sentence for failure to consider the appellant's first-offender mitigation, ensuring consistency with precedent.
  • Criminal law — Sentencing for murder — Appellate interference where sentence is harsh, manifestly excessive or failure to consider material mitigating factors — First offender status — Consistency in sentencing
2 April 2025
1 April 2025
March 2025
Appellate court resentenced after trial court failed to consider first‑offender mitigation and miscomputed remand time.
  • Criminal law — Sentencing — Whether sentence manifestly excessive; consideration of mitigating factors (first offender) — Sentencing Guidelines
  • Criminal procedure — Appellate jurisdiction — Power to re-evaluate evidence and resentence under Section 11 Judicature Act
  • Sentencing — Remand deduction — Correct computation of time on remand when determining custodial term
31 March 2025
28 March 2025
28 March 2025
28 March 2025
  • Receivership—loan default—secured credit—mortgage and debenture validity—appointment of receiver—management agreement—lifting corporate veil—dishonesty in borrowing—caveat registration—cause of action—sale invalid—damages reversed—bank awarded—sale supervised—no costs awarded
27 March 2025
27 March 2025
27 March 2025
The applicant's appeal against sentence dismissed; remand period considered and sentences and compensation upheld.
  • Criminal law — Sentencing — Consideration versus arithmetic deduction of remand period — Non-retrospective application of Rwabugande; appellate interference with sentence; aggravated robbery and murder; compensation to victims
25 March 2025
24 March 2025
24 March 2025
24 March 2025
21 March 2025
  • Receivership—loan default—secured credit—mortgage and debenture validity—appointment of receiver—management agreement—lifting corporate veil—dishonesty in borrowing—caveat registration—cause of action—interest varied—damages upheld—injunction lifted—sale supervised—three-quarters costs awarded
21 March 2025
21 March 2025