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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 2015
Gate Way Bus Services v Nantongo and Others (Miscellaneous Application No. 79 of 2014) [2015] UGHC 28 (29 June 2015)
Court struck out statute-barred, fictitious fatal accident claims and ordered respondents’ counsel to personally pay costs.
Civil procedure – locus standi – fatal accident claims – requirement for pleadings to show basis of suit – time limits for actions under Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act – personal costs against counsel for unmeritorious, statute-barred suits.
 29 June 2015
Kayiira and 2 Others v Haji Lukenge (Civil Suit No. 162 of 2013) [2015] UGHC 18 (8 June 2015)
The suit was found to be an abuse of court process due to duplicative litigation concerning the same estate.
Civil Procedure - Lis Pendens - Abuse of Process - Multiple suits concerning estate properties - Jurisdiction - Substantially the same parties and issues.
 8 June 2015
Nyirakamana v Nyiransekuye & 4 Others (Civil Appeal 8 of 2014) [2015] UGHC 7 (8 June 2015)
Letters of Administration revoked for omission of beneficiaries and failure to exhibit an inventory; homestead occupation protected.
Succession law – revocation of Letters of Administration for just cause (concealment of beneficiaries; failure to exhibit inventory) – validity of a will questioned where attestors absent – occupation rights of surviving occupant – procedure for selecting administrators and filing inventory.
 8 June 2015
Kisoro Town Council & Another v Zungu (Civil Appeal 3 of 2012) [2015] UGHC 5 (4 June 2015)
Possession and credible customary evidence established ownership; town council failed to prove public title; appeal dismissed.
Customary land – proof of customary tenure by possession and evidence of caretaking and burial sites; Public land – burden of proving government ownership and need for documentary proof; Transfers of customary tenure – effect of lack of prescribed authority approval under Land Reform Decree; Compensation – requirement for prompt, fair compensation where land is taken and third-party interests exist.
 4 June 2015