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
6 judgments

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June 1992

 

19 June 1992
Conviction quashed where embezzlement relied on inadequately evaluated evidence and an improperly admitted oral admission.
Criminal law — Embezzlement — ingredients: receipt/possession, property of employer, by virtue of employment; Evidence — evaluation: duty to resolve contradictions and respect burden of proof; Confession/admission — alleged oral admission — requirement for trial-within-a-trial and voluntariness; Banking law — legal effect of cheque deposits and debits in theft/embezzlement context; Orders — compensation/refund and scope of magistrate’s consequential orders.
18 June 1992
Court found surgical negligence causing radial nerve injury and awarded general and special damages with interest and costs.
Medical negligence – surgical injury to radial nerve during operation – causation established by discharge note and expert evidence – assessment of general and special damages – allowance of interest and costs.
12 June 1992

 

12 June 1992
Lease held subsisting; plaintiff granted equitable relief against forfeiture and ordered to pay arrears; rent review advanced to three months.
Land/Leases – Forfeiture and re-entry – Absence of express re-entry clause and insufficiency of demand where lessor is also director of lessee – re-entry not established. Equity – Relief against forfeiture – Court may grant relief where plaintiff offers to pay arrears and equitable considerations (war damage, occupation) favour relief. Contract – Rent review – Court may order an earlier review despite a contractual ten‑year review clause.
12 June 1992
Court appointed Administrator‑General and restrained administrator pending revocation suit due to unrefuted fraud allegations.
Succession Act s218 — appointment of administrator pendente lite; interim restraining order against administrator; unrefuted allegations of fraud and mismanagement; hearing in absence after due service; Administrator‑General appointed under court control (no power to distribute).
10 June 1992