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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
July 2025
15 July 2025
14 July 2025
14 July 2025
The court awarded contractual debt, interest, general damages, and costs after the defendant defaulted in a commercial contract dispute.
Contract – Breach of contract – Liquidated debt – Award of interest for use of claimant’s funds – General damages for inconvenience – Default judgment – Assessment of damages in uncontested claims – Costs of the suit.
11 July 2025
Defendants granted unconditional leave to defend in a summary procedure suit after establishing triable issues on debt liability.
Civil Procedure – Summary procedure – Leave to defend – Duty to show bona fide triable issue – Whether unconditional leave should be granted where existence of debt and contractual relationship disputed.
11 July 2025
11 July 2025
10 July 2025
9 July 2025
Applicant’s failure to prosecute led to dismissal of leave to defend and summary judgment for a liquidated loan with interest.
Civil procedure – Order 36 summary suit – suitability where claim is a liquidated sum under written loan agreements and guarantees. Civil procedure – Failure to prosecute – Order 17 rule 4 – court may proceed to decide suit where party granted time fails to take steps. Court discretion – Section 98 Civil Procedure Act – determination forthwith to avoid delay
Remedies – Entry of judgment for decretal amount, award of interest and costs
9 July 2025
8 July 2025
The court required a full trial for a disputed mortgage possession case involving misrepresentation and procedural issues.
Mortgage law – vacate possession of mortgaged property – competency of supporting affidavit – procedural consolidation.
7 July 2025
7 July 2025
Injunction varied: respondent must deposit 30% of outstanding debt as condition for maintaining temporary injunction.
Injunctions – Civil procedure – Temporary injunctions – Variation of order – Security deposit requirement under Mortgage Regulations 2012.
4 July 2025
The applicants' failure to prosecute led to dismissal and judgment for the respondent in a liquidated claim.
Civil procedure – leave to defend – case dismissed due to lack of prosecution- liquidated claim in summary procedure
1 July 2025
1 July 2025
Court dismissed application for leave to defend, enforcing indemnity despite claims of coercion and lack of corporate authorization.
Civil Procedure - Leave to appear and defend - Indemnification in valuation discrepancy - Concurrent suits - Corporate authorization - Coercion claims.
1 July 2025
June 2025
30 June 2025
30 June 2025
30 June 2025
27 June 2025
27 June 2025
27 June 2025
27 June 2025
27 June 2025
Land Law – Caveats – Mortgage of Company Property – Fraud – Limitation – Contract – Due Diligence – Title Recovery – Damages – Injunction – Evidence of Death – Burden of Proof – Advertisement for Sale – Defunct Bank – Liquidation – Capacity to Contract – Corporate Governance – Misrepresentation
26 June 2025
26 June 2025
26 June 2025
25 June 2025
25 June 2025
24 June 2025
The court granted leave for a defense, citing triable issues in a financial claim case.
Civil Procedure – Summary Procedure – Triable issues of law and fact in defense against a financial claim.
24 June 2025
24 June 2025
24 June 2025
23 June 2025
23 June 2025
A plaintiff's claim for exclusive advertising commissions failed for lack of contract and unjust enrichment against the defendant media company.
Contract Law – oral and implied contracts – exclusivity of agency – advertising commissions – unjust enrichment – enforceability of commercial arrangements in the absence of a written contract – remedies for breach of contract.
23 June 2025
A default judgment and execution based on expired summons were set aside due to procedural impropriety in service.
Civil procedure – Summary suits – Default judgment – Setting aside decree – Service of expired summons – Inherent powers of court – Sufficient cause – Procedural irregularity.
23 June 2025
20 June 2025
20 June 2025
19 June 2025
19 June 2025
19 June 2025
19 June 2025
19 June 2025
19 June 2025
19 June 2025
18 June 2025
18 June 2025
18 June 2025
Unconditional leave to defend granted for interest claim; judgment entered for main debt due to acknowledged indebtedness.
Summary Judgment – Requirements for unconditional leave to defend – Admissions and disputed claims – Interest claims in summary proceedings.
17 June 2025