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High Court of Uganda

The High Court of Uganda is the third court of record in order of hierarchy and has unlimited original jurisdiction, which means that it can try any case of any value or crime of any magnitude. Appeals from all Magistrates Courts go to the High Court. 

The High Court is headed by the Honorable Principal Judge who is responsible for the administration of the court and has supervisory powers over Magistrate's courts. 

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January 1991
Uganda v Noah Asea (Criminal Session Case 31 of 1990) [1991] UGHC 33 (30 January 1991)
Failure to caution and insufficient circumstantial proof of intent precluded a murder conviction; manslaughter conviction and three-year sentence imposed.
Criminal law – Homicide – Circumstantial evidence must exclude every reasonable hypothesis of innocence; Evidence Act s.24 and subsidiary rules – caution and language/interpretation requirements are mandatory; Confessions recorded in breach of rules are inadmissible; Post-mortem injuries do not alone establish malice aforethought; Manslaughter conviction appropriate where intent to kill not proved.
 30 January 1991
Hussein Juma v Raphael Bwami (Civil Appeal No. DR. MFP 6/90) [1991] UGHC 20 (29 January 1991)
Registered title is conclusive; alleged oral sale unproven, appellant entitled to vacant possession, rents and mesne profits.
Land law – registered title – conclusive in absence of fraud – person alleging purchase must prove it. Burden of proof – where purchaser asserts ownership, evidential burden shifts to that party. Law of Property Act s.40 – contracts for sale or disposition of land require written memorandum signed; oral sale unenforceable. Remedies – vacant possession, rents for conversion period, mesne profits from filing; no compensation without proof of improvements.
 29 January 1991
Karema v Attorney General (Civil Suit 103 of 1990) [1991] UGHC 37 (29 January 1991)
29 January 1991
Muholi v Wanyonyi (Civil Appeal 5 of 1990) [1991] UGHC 40 (25 January 1991)
25 January 1991
Uganda v Olima (Criminal Session Case 30 of 90) [1991] UGHC 34 (24 January 1991)
Accused found not guilty by reason of insanity for arson and manslaughter and detained under section 46(2) TID pending Minister’s order.
Criminal law – Manslaughter and arson – circumstantial evidence and extra‑judicial statement; Insanity defence – standard of proof on balance of probabilities; Section 46(1) and (2) TID – not guilty by reason of insanity and detention pending Minister’s order; Admissibility of extra‑judicial confession (s.64 TID).
 24 January 1991
Uganda v Komakech & Others (Criminal Session Case 70 of 1990) [1991] UGHC 52 (17 January 1991)
17 January 1991
Kimanyi v Uganda (Criminal Miscellaneous Application 152 of 1993) [1991] UGHC 46 (12 January 1991)
12 January 1991
Clovis Karatunga v Edrisa Nyakairu (Civil Suit No. DR. MFP 16/90) [1991] UGHC 18 (1 January 1991)
Unconditional leave to defend granted where affidavit raised genuine triable issues over contractual seizure and resale of vehicle.
Civil Procedure – Summary procedure (Order 33) – Leave to defend – Defendant must show a triable issue – Defences must not be sham – Seizure and resale under contractual clause as defence to money claim.
 1 January 1991
David Kedi v Attorney General (Civil Suit 286 of 1991) [1991] UGHC 90 (1 January 1991)
Amendment can cure date/statutory-notice defects and pleaded imprisonment may exempt a claim from limitation.
Civil procedure – amendment of pleadings; statutory notice to Attorney General for suits against Government; limitation periods for actions founded on tort against Government; disability (imprisonment) as ground to extend limitation; pleading requirements under Order 7 rule 6.
 1 January 1991