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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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Citation	Judgment date
February 1992
Bisamunyu v Bushenyi District Administration (Civil Suit 338 of 1987) [1992] UGHC 75 (18 February 1992)	18 February 1992
George Bisamunyu v Bushenyi District Administration (Civil Suit 338 of 1987) [1992] UGHC 92 (18 February 1992) Preliminary objections to title, conversion, vicarious liability, assault particulars and limitation were dismissed as premature for trial. Civil procedure — preliminary objections — striking out plaint — title/identity dispute; Tort — conversion — application to land versus chattels; Pleading — vicarious liability — sufficiency of averment that acts were committed by defendant’s servants; Assault and battery — requirement to identify perpetrators; Limitation — continuing dispossession and appropriateness of determination at trial.	18 February 1992
Adimola v Uganda (Criminal Miscellaneous Application 9 of 1992) [1992] UGHC 79 (11 February 1992)	11 February 1992
Elly B. Mugabi v Nyanza Textile Industries Ltd. (Civil Suit 123 of 1989) [1992] UGHC 95 (6 February 1992) Personal-injury claim time-barred; failure to plead statutory exemption required rejection under Limitation Act and CPR. Limitation Act s4 and s22 – personal injury claims limited to three years; continuing cause of action doctrine; "ignorance" as disability; requirement to plead exemption (Order 7 r6 CPR); rejection of plaint under Order 7 r11(d).	6 February 1992
Mugabi v Nyanza Textile Industries Limited (Civil Suit 123 of 1989) [1992] UGHC 76 (6 February 1992)	6 February 1992

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