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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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August 2011
Kasozi Joseph & Ors v UMEME (U) Ltd (HCCS 188 of 2010) [2011] UGCommC 91 (22 August 2011)
Representative-suit notice must name intended plaintiffs; omission renders unnamed plaintiffs’ inclusion invalid and warrants consolidation of overlapping suits.
Civil procedure – Representative suits – Order 1 r.8 CPR – Mandatory requirement to give notice to intended plaintiffs by personal service or advertisement naming them – Failure to publish list renders notice ineffective and unnamed plaintiffs struck out; procedural propriety of raising preliminary objection against registrar’s representative order; consolidation of overlapping suits under s.98 CPA to avoid multiplicity.
 22 August 2011
Bright Chicks Uganda Limited v Bahingire (Miscellaneous Application 254 of 2011) [2011] UGCommC 2003 (18 August 2011)

 

 18 August 2011
Rahima Nagita & 2 Ors. v Richard Bukenya & 3 Ors. (Civil Suit No. 389 of 2010) [2011] UGCommC 92 (14 August 2011)
Preliminary objection that plaint disclosed no cause of action was premature; disputed facts require evidence before ruling.
Civil procedure — Order 7 r.11 (plaintiff’s plaint discloses no cause of action) — Bill of lading as document of title — Privity of contract — Undisclosed principal/agency — Preliminary objection premature where material facts disputed — Issue to be determined after evidence.
 14 August 2011