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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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February 2003
Peter Mulira (t/a Peter Mulira & Co. Advocates (CIVIL SUIT NO.1136 OF 1999 ) (CIVIL SUIT NO.1136 of 1999) [2003] UGHC 42 (28 February 2003)
Statutory vesting of expropriated property in government precluded plaintiff’s attachment of company-registered land.
Civil procedure – statutory suit under Order 19 r.60 – attachment in execution; Property law – statutory vesting of expropriated assets under the Properties and Businesses (Acquisition) Decree 1975 and Expropriated Properties Act 1982 – effect on registered title; Company law – capacity and liability where purported directors lack authority; Execution – requisites for attaching land held by an expropriated company.
 28 February 2003
Uganda v Twinomujuni George (Criminal Session Case No. 77 of 2002) (Criminal Session Case No. 77 of 2002) [2003] UGHC 69 (12 February 2003)
Court convicted the accused of rape on corroborated victim and medical evidence and sentenced him to eight years imprisonment.
Criminal law – Rape – Proof of penetration – medical evidence of lacerations to labia minora corroborates complainant. Consent – Lack of consent established by force, torn clothing, bruises and distressed conduct. Identification – Accused known to victim, placed at scene, and flight corroborative. Corroboration – Combination of medical, eyewitness and circumstantial evidence sufficient to convict. Sentence – Eight years' imprisonment, mitigation for remand and first offender status considered.
 12 February 2003
Dieter Pabst v Abdu Ssozi & Anor (Civil Suit No. 294 of 2001) (Civil Suit No. 294 of 2001) [2003] UGHC 74 (5 February 2003)
Unstamped written agreements were inadmissible under the Stamps Act, so both the claim and counterclaim were dismissed.
Stamps Act – unstamped instruments – Section 36 and 38 – unstamped agreements inadmissible and unenforceable; contract dispute in ore export; alleged duress in acknowledgement of debt; dismissal of claims dependent on unstamped documents.
 5 February 2003
Uganda v Sekitoleko Joseph (High Court Criminal Session Case No.85 of 2001) (High Court Criminal Session Case No.85 of 2001) [2003] UGHC 61 (3 February 2003)
Child’s unsworn testimony corroborated by maternal and medical evidence sufficed to convict for defilement; accused sentenced as an adult to ten years.
Criminal law – Defilement (Penal Code s.123(1)) – elements: victim’s age, unlawful sexual intercourse, identity of perpetrator. Evidence – unsworn testimony of child of tender years – need for corroboration (Trial on Indictments Decree s.38(3)). Medical evidence – role of forensic examination (ruptured hymen, inflammation) in corroborating child’s account. Age ascertainment – dental examination (PF.24) as method for determining apparent age for sentencing. Sentencing – factors: victim’s youth, public protection, remand credit, first offender status.
 3 February 2003