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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 2007
Owor Arthur and Others v Gulu University (Miscellaneous Application 18 of 2007) [2007] UGHC 39 (29 November 2007) Dismissal by a university Management Committee without hearing was ultra vires and was quashed; arrears and costs awarded. Administrative law — Judicial review — Termination of public university staff — Ultra vires removal and breach of natural justice — Universities and Other Tertiary Institutions Act ss.50(3),55 Evidence — Affidavit procedure — Sufficiency of one deponent to depose on behalf of co-applicants where authorised and unchallenged — Evidence Act s.133	29 November 2007
Kalema v Kalema 7 Anor (H.C.C.Suit No. 1474 of 2000) [2007] UGHC 29 (9 November 2007) An administrator‑beneficiary occupying estate property must account for rents; registered proprietor’s ownership is protected. Succession — Administration of estates — Administrator occupying estate property — Duty to account — Succession Act ss.268, 272, 278 Property — Ownership — Registered proprietor’s rights upheld where structures built by another on her land — No automatic transfer to builder’s estate Civil procedure/Estate administration — Court of Appeal remission — Effect of appellate direction to remit for completion of trial	9 November 2007