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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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Plot 2, the Square Kampala
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November 2001
Rwakaikara Kiiza v Attorney General (Civil Suit No. 1322 of 2000) [2001] UGHC 4 (27 November 2001)
Civil Procedure
 27 November 2001
Ssendi v Crown Beverages Ltd (CIVIL SUIT NO. 345 OF 1998) [2001] UGHC 119 (27 November 2001)
Plaintiff failed to prove manufacturer negligence or causation where contamination and medical causation were unproven.
Product liability – manufacturer’s duty of care to ultimate consumer (Donoghue principle) Evidence – weight of Government Chemist’s analysis and chain of custody concerns Causation – need for medical expert evidence to prove claimed permanent injury/impotence Proof on balance of probabilities – plaintiff’s burden to show defect existed when product left manufacturer
 27 November 2001
Uganda v. Ocen Nelson (Crim. CAse No. 46 of 1999) [2001] UGHC 106 (26 November 2001)
Criminal law|Evidence Law
 26 November 2001
Salzgitter Handel GMBH v Sembule Steel Mills Limited (COMPANY CAUSE NO. 06 OF 2001) [2001] UGHC 129 (21 November 2001)
An unsecured creditor proved insolvency and obtained a winding-up order despite competing secured-creditor rescue proposals.
Company law – Winding-up – Creditor’s petition under Companies Act s.222(e) – entitlement of unsecured creditor to petition. Insolvency – inability to pay debts – proof and admission of debt. Secured creditors – mortgages and debentures – right to realize security after commencement of winding up. Abuse of process – winding-up petition vs. debt-collection; court’s role in preventing misuse.
 21 November 2001
Mukama v National Housing And Construction Corporation (Civil Suit No. 794 of 1999) [2001] UGHC 7 (19 November 2001)
Civil Procedure
 19 November 2001
Charles Sabiiti & Ors v Teddy Seezi Cheeye (Civil Suit No. 516 of 1997) [2001] UGHC 5 (15 November 2001)
Civil Procedure
 15 November 2001
Okwalinga Michael Emokol v Dan Mulumba and Another (CIVIL SUIT NO. 229 OF 1999) [2001] UGHC 128 (7 November 2001)
Long user and prior oral consent created an equitable easement and bona fide occupation defeated the applicant's trespass claim.
Land law – trespass and encroachment – bona fide occupant under Land Act s.30 – equitable protection of long, unchallenged occupation. Easements – oral grant and part performance – long user and acquiescence creating an equitable easement enforceable against successor in title. Registration of Titles – proviso to s.61 protects unregistered rights by enjoyment/user; absence of registered easement does not automatically defeat equitable rights. Remedies – damages, injunction, vacant possession and mesne profits – appropriateness where equitable defenses succeed.
 7 November 2001
Byamukama & anoer v Rwomiju (Civil Suit No. 514 of 2001) [2001] UGHC 93 (5 November 2001)
Property Law
 5 November 2001
Byamukama & Another v Rwomwiju (Civil Suit 514 of 2001) [2001] UGHC 114 (5 November 2001)

 

 5 November 2001