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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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June 2013
Kisitu v Shell Uganda Limited & Another (Civil Suit 507 of 2005) [2013] UGHC 254 (27 June 2013)
27 June 2013
Gagawala Nelson Wambuzi v The Returning Officer, Kaliro District and Others (Election Petition 8 of 2011) [2013] UGHC 164 (25 June 2013)
The petitioner failed to prove substantial electoral non-compliance; the election is upheld and the petition dismissed with costs.
Election petition – burden and standard of proof – partisan/agent evidence and need for corroboration – competence and form of affidavits (Commissioner of Oaths; interpretation certificates for illiterates) – rectification of clerical errors in results – substantial effect test for invalidating elections – estoppel by signing declaration of results.
 25 June 2013
Rubaramira Geoffrey v Energo (U) Co Ltd (Civil Suit No. 036/2005) [2013] UGHC 282 (13 June 2013)
A contractor who trespasses and damages land outside a contract's scope is liable to the landowner, not entitled to indemnity.
Contract – supply of materials – trespass – excavation outside agreed site – damages for loss of crops and land – indemnity – liability of third party/government for acts of contractor – limits of indemnity where contractor acts unlawfully.
 13 June 2013
Freeman and Others v Attorney General (Miscellaneous Cause No. 262 of 2013) [2013] UGHC 286 (12 June 2013)
Application for judicial review barred for individuals due to alternative remedies but permitted for a corporate applicant.
Judicial review – existence of alternative remedies – criminal procedure – amenability of subordinate court orders (Senior Magistrate Grade I) to judicial review – application of Section 36(5) Judicature Act – right of corporate entities to seek judicial review.
 12 June 2013
Kambenkwine and Others v Rosebella Rwomushana and Others (Civil Appeal No. 36 of 2011) [2013] UGHC 272 (1 June 2013)
Court acknowledges legal rights of both registered title holders and customary tenure holders on the same land.
Land Law – Ownership – Customary Land Tenure – Trespass – Title vs. Occupancy Rights
 1 June 2013