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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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April 2009
Akright Projects Ltd v Executive Property Holdings Ltd (HCT-OO-CC-MA 142 of 2009) [2009] UGCommC 56 (9 April 2009)
Execution sale set aside where bailiff failed to follow auction procedures and sale became an unlawful private transaction.
Execution law – sale in execution of immovable property – mandatory public auction, advertisement and deposit of title deeds; Bailiff as agent of court – duties and limits; Registration of warrant at Land Registry; Proceeds to be paid into court – payments to advocates unlawful; Irregularities vitiating sale; Executing court’s jurisdiction over execution disputes (s.34/35 CPA).
 9 April 2009
Standard Chartered Bank (U) Ltd v Sirajji Kasumbakali (High Court Civil (Originating Summons) No. 1 of 2009) (HCT-00-CC-OS 1 of 2009) [2009] UGCommC 12 (8 April 2009)
Court adjourned the matter, ordered personal service on an absent third party through her counsel and fixed a scheduling date.
* Civil procedure – Adjournment and scheduling – Court orders adjournment to a specified date and fixes scheduling hearing. * Civil procedure – Service – Personal service by court process server through counsel on record in a related proceeding. * Civil procedure – Non-attendance – Court warning that failure to attend may attract interlocutory orders. * Costs – No order as to costs at interlocutory stage.
 8 April 2009
Patrick Kimbaleeba v URA (Civil Suit No. 753 of 2005) [2009] UGCommC 36 (6 April 2009)
Incorrect public notice (wrong name and chassis) rendered the respondent’s auction of the applicant’s vehicle unlawful; damages awarded.
Customs law – applicable regime – notice of intended sale – sufficiency of notice – misdescription of importer and chassis – wrongful disposal of goods – entitlement to damages and interest.
 6 April 2009