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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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August 1992
Uganda v Ndobiya (Criminal Session Case 104 of 1990) [1992] UGHC 46 (25 August 1992)
Whether a lethal stabbing in domestic provocation amounted to murder or manslaughter given sole eyewitness identification.
Criminal law – Homicide: murder vs manslaughter; burden of proof beyond reasonable doubt; reliability of sole eyewitness identification; proof of cause of death without post-mortem; provocation and heat of passion.
 25 August 1992
Peter Kabuubi v The Registered Trustees of Bunyoro Kitara Diocese of Hoima and Another (Civil Revision 1 of 1992) [1992] UGHC 101 (20 August 1992)
High Court set aside ex parte judgments due to defective service and procedural irregularities, restraining land development pending trial.
Civil Revision – Ex parte judgments – Defective service and defective affidavit of service – Irregular exercise of magistrate jurisdiction – Ex parte orders set aside. Procedure – Competence of service by messenger – Necessity of proper service and hearing before entering judgment. Interim relief – Restraint on surveying or developing disputed land pending final determination.
 20 August 1992
Base Electronic Centre v Energo Project (Civil Suit No. 697 of 1990) [1992] UGHC 23 (14 August 1992)
No agreed price — quantum meruit governs; the payment made was reasonable and the plaintiff’s balance claim failed.
Contract – quantum meruit – services rendered without agreed price; reasonableness of fee; 30% of CIF charge unsupported by evidence; client’s provision of civil works and assistance; claim dismissed.
 14 August 1992
Uganda v Nyindo (Criminal Session Case 285 of 1991) [1992] UGHC 44 (14 August 1992)
Circumstantial evidence must exclude innocence; here it did not and the accused was acquitted.
Criminal law – Murder – Circumstantial evidence – Burden to exclude every reasonable hypothesis of innocence – Witness credibility – Non-production of exhibits and absence of weapon – Medical evidence indicating multiple assailants – Acquittal.
 14 August 1992
Mayanja v Cheeye (Civil Suit No. 261 of 1992) [1992] UGHC 26 (12 August 1992)
A newspaper’s description of the plaintiff as "disorganised" and a "buffoon" was defamatory; damages awarded.
Defamation — Libel; publication of false statements about a public official; distinction between statements capable and not capable of defamatory meaning; malice and aggravation (refusal to apologise and subsequent defamatory publications); assessment of damages for libel involving a public figure.
 12 August 1992
Dr. Fredrick Mutyaba v Jambo Limited and Another (Civil Suit 875 of 1989) [1992] UGHC 103 (4 August 1992)
Employer vicariously liable for its driver’s negligence; plaintiff awarded special and general damages with interest and costs.
• Motor-vehicle collision — vicarious liability — employer responsible for servant/driver’s negligence; driver convicted of reckless driving. • Damages — proof of special damages for spares, repairs and transport — partial reduction for delay and lack of detailed particulars. • Interest — special damages awarded to carry high contractual/penal interest from filing; general damages and taxed costs to carry court rate interest from judgment.
 4 August 1992
Obwangamoyi v Attorney General (Civil Suit 388 of 1988) [1992] UGHC 41 (4 August 1992)

 

 4 August 1992