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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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February 2020
Tyre Express Uganda Ltd v Transtrac Limited (Miscellaneous Application No. 798 of 2019) [2020] UGCommC 12 (21 February 2020)
A consent judgment entered by an unauthorized representative may be set aside for lack of consent.
Civil procedure – Review of consent judgment – Consent vitiated where person appearing lacked authority – Court obliged to require proof of authority before entering consent judgment – Inherent powers (s.98) to correct illegality on record.
 21 February 2020
Odong v TampEngineering Consultants Limited and 2 Others (Miscellaneous Application 129 of 2023) [2020] UGCommC 166 (20 February 2020)
Court ordered return of title deed after underlying judgment was set aside; no lawful lien justified continued retention.
Civil procedure – restitution after reversal of judgment; inherent jurisdiction to restore property deposited under execution; advocate's lien and judicial/consensual liens; caveat based on set-aside judgment; Order 40 r.1(a)(iii) CPR; s.92(1) Civil Procedure Act.
 20 February 2020
Ntambara v Segawole (Miscellaneous Application No. 1082 of 2019) [2020] UGCommC 5 (7 February 2020)
Court exercised discretion under Order 17 r 4, granted a final adjournment despite applicant's repeated absenteeism and awarded costs to respondent.
Civil procedure – Order 17 r 4 CPR – Court’s discretion to proceed when a party defaults; dismissal under Order 17 r 4 finally disposes of suit; repeated absenteeism and dilatory conduct may justify dismissal; court may nonetheless grant final adjournment and award costs.
 7 February 2020