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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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September 2014
Emmanuel Lukwajju v Kyaggwe Coffee Curing Estates Ltd and Another (High Court Civil Suit No. 172 of 2012) [2014] UGHC 124 (25 September 2014)
A court invalidated a freehold title procured through irregular conversion from Mailo land and ordered restoration to the estate administrator.
Land law – Mailo and freehold tenure – authenticity of title – conversion from Mailo to freehold – cancellation of title – locus standi of administrator – limitation of action – trespass.
 25 September 2014
July 2014
In the matter of application for guardianship by Graff and Another (Miscellaneous Cause No. 2012014) [2014] UGHC 123 (1 July 2014)
Application for guardianship by non-relative foreign nationals dismissed in favour of preserving a child’s ties to immediate biological family.
Children – guardianship – welfare and best interests of the child – removal of child from Uganda by foreign nationals – availability of biological relatives able to provide care – paramountcy of the child's right to be cared for by family under Constitution and Children Act.
 1 July 2014