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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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November 2000
Caltex Oil (Uganda) Ltd v Salama Enterprises Ltd (Civil Application No. 561 of 2000) [2000] UGHC 47 (28 November 2000)
Court refused to reject plaint where allegations of fraud, ministerial consent and statutory change required full trial and evidence.
Civil procedure – Order 7 preliminary objection – limits on rejecting a plaint where questions of fraud, statutory interpretation and ministerial consent arise requiring evidence. Land law – validity of transfers to non‑Africans; effect of subsequent Land Act and potential saving clauses or retrospective validation. Locus standi – whether plaintiff falls within categories in s.184 Registration of Titles Act or claims deprivation by fraud. Appeal/leave to appeal – court’s discretion to allow leave where interlocutory questions of law and fact arise.
 28 November 2000
Kalenzi and Others v Verjee and Another (MISC. APPLICATION NO. 897 OF 2000) [2000] UGHC 52 (1 November 2000)
Receivers in possession for a mortgagee cannot object to attachment as owners; objectors must prove possession on their own account.
• Civil procedure – Attachment – Objections under CPR O.55 and O.57 – burden on objector to prove possession on own account. • Receivers/Managers – possession by receivers appointed by mortgagee – possession held on behalf of appointing mortgagee not personal proprietary interest. • Scope of inquiry under O.55/O.57 – primarily possession, not ultimate questions of title or beneficial ownership. • Relief – release of attached property where objector fails to show requisite proprietary interest.
 1 November 2000