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. 

Physical address
Plot 2, the Square Kampala
133 judgments

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Tort of negligence – vicarious liability – fuel tanker fire incident – duty of care in fuel transportation – breach of safety protocols – foreseeability of harm – applicability of Donoghue v Stevenson and Muwonge v Attorney General principles – liability for damages to property and business loss – award of special and general damages – costs and interest granted.

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Court grants administrators leave to file estate inventory out of time, finding their reasons sufficient to extend the statutory deadline.
* Succession law – s.273(1) Succession Act – duty of administrators to file inventory within six months and account within one year. * Extension of time – inherent jurisdiction and s.37 Judicature Act – courts may extend statutory filing periods for inventories/accounts where sufficient cause shown. * Executors/administrators – delay caused by realisation and discovery of estate assets can justify leave to file inventory out of time.
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Application to reinstate a 13-year-old suit dismissed for non-appearance denied for lack of sufficient cause and repeated non-compliance.
Civil procedure – reinstatement of dismissed suit – sufficient cause for non-appearance – Section 17(2) Judicature Act and Order 9 Rule 22 CPR; plaintiff’s duty to prosecute; inordinate delay and non-compliance with court directions as grounds for refusing reinstatement; evidential weight of documentary support for claimed proprietary rights.
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Application to restrain sale of mortgaged property dismissed; mortgagee entitled to issue statutory notice and proceed to sale.
Mortgage law – interim relief – distinction between stay of execution and injunction to stop sale; Mortgage Act s.18 (statutory notice) and s.25 power of sale; requirement to invoke statutory mortgage remedies before seeking interlocutory restraint; criteria for interim relief pending appeal.
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