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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.

Physical address
Plot 14, Lumumba Avenue, Nakasero.
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Judgment date
February 2010
Judicial review struck out as premature where statutory appeal to Tax Appeals Tribunal was not exhausted and no justification pleaded.
Administrative law – judicial review – prerogative orders discretionary – collateral challenge to appealable decisions – need to exhaust statutory appeal (Tax Appeals Tribunal under EACCMA s.230) or plead inadequacy of alternative remedy.
23 February 2010
Application to release attached vehicle dismissed for failure to prove ownership or possession and for apparent fraudulent sale.
Civil Procedure — Attachment pending judgment — Order 40 r.8 read with Order 9 r.55 & r.57 — Objection to attachment — Proof of ownership and possession — Fraudulent transfer to defeat execution — Encumbrance by lease; lessee cannot sell without authority.
16 February 2010