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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 1999
Permex International (U) Limited v Allied Bank International (U) Limited (Miscellaneous Application 571 of 1999) [1999] UGHC 27 (30 August 1999)
30 August 1999
Greenland Bank Ltd v Westmont Land (Asia) (CIVIL SUIT NO. 309 OF 1999) [1999] UGHC 46 (25 August 1999)
Central bank possession under the Financial Institutions Statute does not extinguish a seized bank’s corporate personality or its capacity to sue.
Financial Institutions Statute – seizure/possession by central bank – effect on corporate personality – capacity to sue or be sued; Statutory power to manage and litigate does not change name of seized institution; locus standi of advocates – presumption of authority; preliminary objection – technicality should not defeat substantive rights.
 25 August 1999
Isingoma Asafu v Uganda - High Court Criminal Appeal No. MSK-00-CR-CV-0009 of 1999 (High Court Criminal Appeal No. MSK -00- CR CV-0009 of 1999) [1999] UGHC 5 (25 August 1999)
Conviction quashed where accused was convicted of a differently charged offence; bodily-harm conviction by reckless driving upheld.
Traffic law – Reckless driving vs dangerous driving – necessity of charging correct statutory offence; conviction cannot stand where accused is tried or convicted for a different, non-cognate offence. Evidence – eyewitness and medical evidence – sufficiency to prove causing bodily harm by reckless driving (grievous injury; amputation). Evidence – improperly admitted document (vehicle inspection report) – when inadmissible evidence is harmless to prosecution's case. Sentencing – appellate interference only when sentence is manifestly excessive; two-year term upheld.
 25 August 1999
Uganda v Katende Kasmoni - High Court Criminal Revisional Cause No. MSK-00-CR-CV-0014 of 1999 (High Court Revision Cause No. MSK -00-CR CV- 0014 of 1999) [1999] UGHC 6 (25 August 1999)
Conviction for escaping lawful custody quashed where underlying custody was void and sentencing procedure was irregular.
Criminal law – Escaping from lawful custody – element of lawful custody requires antecedent valid conviction; Criminal procedure – sentencing: requirement to afford accused opportunity to mitigate and to record reasons (Magistrates Courts Act ss.131(2), 134(5)); Improper/irrelevant reasons and excessive sentence – ground for setting aside sentence; Revision – power to quash convictions where underlying lawfulness of custody is removed.
 25 August 1999
Uganda v Robert Serugo - Criminal Revisional Cause No. MSK 00 CR CV 0017 of 1999 (Criminal Cause No. MSK 00 CR CV 0017 of 1999) [1999] UGHC 4 (18 August 1999)
A magistrate properly released the accused on bail as a child once medical evidence showed he was under eighteen.
Children Statute — age inquiry (s.108) and medical evidence (s.109) — bail of child (s.91) — medical certificate (PF24) as evidence of age — failure to amend charge sheet not material to jurisdiction — remand only if child's safety requires detention.
 18 August 1999
Katuramu v Agri-Industrial Management Agency Limited (DR. MFP. 11 OF 1998) [1999] UGHC 47 (17 August 1999)
Whether an employee dismissed for misconduct is entitled to redundancy pay and whether a management's gratuitous promise is enforceable.
Employment law – redundancy v. dismissal for misconduct; presumption of redundancy and its rebuttal; enforceability of informal/gratuitous management promises; requirement of consideration for contractual claims for payment.
 17 August 1999