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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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November 1995
Paulo Kavuma v Moses Sekajja and Another (Civil Suit 475 of 1995) [1995] UGHC 85 (24 November 1995)
Letters of administration revoked for failure to exhibit accounts and mismanagement; new administrators appointed and defendants ordered to account.
Succession law – Revocation of letters of administration – Just cause under s.233(2) – Failure to exhibit inventory/account as required by s.280 – Grant become useless/inoperative – Mismanagement and disposal of estate assets – Appointment of new administrators – Order to account and deposit letters.
 24 November 1995
Mukisa Foods Limited v East African Development Bank (Civil Suit 615 of 1992) [1995] UGHC 66 (14 November 1995)
A court upheld Amin-era vesting and management of expropriated property and validated a bank encumbrance created by appointed managers, dismissing the plaintiff's claims.
Expropriation law – Amin-era decrees and Expropriated Properties Act 1982 – vesting of abandoned/ascribed assets; Government-appointed management – authority to borrow and create encumbrances; validity of bank mortgage/caveat created by state-appointed managers; remedies of former owners against lenders and State under the Expropriated Properties Act.
 14 November 1995
Francis Rutagarama Bantariza v Habre International Trading Co. Ltd (Civil Suit 499 of 1992) [1995] UGHC 89 (3 November 1995)
Plaintiff's trespass claim failed because defendant's earlier-registered title established ownership; suit dismissed with costs.
Property law — title disputes — competing registered titles; evidence and priority of registration; allegations of fraud in procurement of certificate of title; trespass claims require ownership proved on a balance of probabilities.
 3 November 1995