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
17 judgments

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Citation
Judgment date
October 2025
Deputy RDC’s unilateral declaration of ownership and directives over applicant’s property were ultra vires, procedurally unfair and void.
Administrative law – Judicial review – procedural impropriety and denial of fair hearing; ultra vires acts by public officer; prerogative orders (certiorari, prohibition); award of general and punitive damages against state official; interference with pending court proceedings.
8 October 2025
April 2024
8 April 2024
3 April 2024
March 2024
25 March 2024
February 2024
26 February 2024
13 February 2024
January 2024
17 January 2024
12 January 2024
11 January 2024
9 January 2024
December 2023
21 December 2023
November 2023

 

29 November 2023
September 2023
27 September 2023
October 2022

 

26 October 2022
September 2021

 

22 September 2021
February 2021
Long unchallenged occupation can establish bonafide occupancy, but encroachment and nonpayment of ground rent justify eviction and costs.
Land law – Registered land – Bonafide occupant under s.29(2) Land Act; requirement of 12 years’ unchallenged occupation; kibanja rights and inheritance; nonpayment of ground rent (busuulu) and eviction; appellate re-appraisal of factual findings.
10 February 2021
June 1999
Prosecution proved murder by the step‑son; step‑mother convicted as accessory after the fact and given a lenient custodial sentence.
Criminal law – Murder – proof of death, unlawfulness and malice aforethought – direct and circumstantial evidence; Accused liability – principal offender v accessory after the fact; Compulsion as defence; Sentence — credit for remand and mitigation for first offender and dependent children.
28 June 1999