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Commercial Court of Uganda

The Commercial Court was established in 1996 as a division of the High Court of Uganda devoted to hearing and determining commercial disputes with current jurisdiction (as established under Legal Notice No.4 of 1996 and Instruction Circular No.1 of 1996); company causes, Bankruptcies and intellectual property.

The mission of the court is to deliver to the commercial community an efficient, expeditious and cost-effective mode of adjudicating disputes that affect directly and significantly the economic, commercial and financial life of Uganda.

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Plot 14, Lumumba Avenue, Nakasero.
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March 2001
Amrit Goyal v Hari Chand Goyal and Ors (High Court Miscellaneous Application No. 438 of 2001) [2001] UGCommC 1 (1 March 2001)
A shareholder raising triable disputes over share ownership and non‑quantifiable corporate harm is entitled to an interlocutory injunction.
• Civil procedure – interlocutory injunctions – Order 37, Rules 2(1) & 9 – American Cyanamid principles • Company law – shareholder remedies – locus standi of minority/putative majority shareholder to restrain interference with management • Company law – disputes over beneficial ownership, share transfers, director resignations and company register – triable issues • Equitable relief – inadequacy of damages for preservation of corporate harmony, records and reputation
 1 March 2001
Said Tibazarwa v Uganda Commercial Bank (Civil Suit No. 13 of 1996) [2001] UGCommC 2 (1 March 2001)
Court struck out the defendant’s defence for disobeying an order to produce banker’s books and entered judgment for the plaintiff.
Civil Procedure – Failure to comply with production order – Order 10 r.21 CPR – striking out defence. Bank records – banker’s books – non-production, contradictory explanations and speculative defences insufficient. Relief – judgment for liquidated demand; interest and costs. Section 101 Civil Procedure Act – court’s power to make orders for ends of justice.
 1 March 2001