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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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Citation	Judgment date
November 2020
Uganda v Byakatonda and Anor (Criminal Session 441 of 2018) [2020] UGHC 410 (30 November 2020) Circumstantial evidence and lack of autopsy created reasonable doubt; malice and participation not proved, accused acquitted. Criminal law — Murder: ingredients of murder (death, unlawful act, malice aforethought, participation); Circumstantial evidence — must exclude all reasonable hypotheses of innocence; Proof beyond reasonable doubt — benefit of doubt to accused; Alternative cause (poisoning) and absence of autopsy may raise reasonable doubt; Delay and contradictions in evidence undermine culpability.	30 November 2020
Aisu v Komuhendo (Civil Suit No. 18 of 2014) [2020] UGHC 126 (26 November 2020)	26 November 2020
Diamond Trust Bank Uganda Limited & Another v Ham Enterprises Limited & 2 Others (Miscellaneous Application No. 846 of 2020) [2020] UGHC 119 (2 November 2020)	2 November 2020