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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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August 2009
Bamuhiga and Others v Mugara and Others (Civil Suits No. 0068 of 2006; Civil Suits No. 0078 of 2006) [2009] UGHC 255 (14 August 2009)
Court declared plaintiffs' customary ownership over lands wrongly alienated by the Bundibugyo District Land Board.
Land Law – Customary tenure – Alienation of land – Validity of leases granted over existing customary lands – Fraudulent land acquisition processes challenged.
 14 August 2009
February 2009
William Twakirane v Viola Bamusede (Civil Appeal No. 46 of 2007) [2009] UGHC 6 (4 February 2009)
Whether a decade-old contractual claim was time-barred and whether the trial court's speculative damages assessment was excessive.
Limitation of actions – raising limitation for first time on appeal – appellate discretion requires full factual matrix; Assessment of damages – speculative inflation and backdated punitive interest impermissible; Restitutionary remedy – principal plus reasonable simple interest and compensatory general damages; Costs – each party to bear own costs.
 4 February 2009