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HC: Civil Division (Uganda)

The Civil Division is a division of the high court. It's functions include: Hearing appeal cases from the Magistrates' courts in connection with torts committed against the person, Defamation, Bankruptcy and company winding up matters, Partnership matters,Companies matters, Real and personal property.

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February 2022
Mrs.Nakachwa v Dr. Bitekyerezo (Miscellaneous Application No. 82 of 2021) [2022] UGHCCD 75 (28 February 2022)
Leave to appeal against a security-for-costs order dismissed as out of time and procedurally defective.
* Civil procedure – Leave to appeal – Order 44 r.2 – applicant must show prima facie grounds meriting serious judicial consideration. * Civil procedure – Extension of time – must be sought by formal application; cannot be granted via written submissions. * Civil procedure – Time limits substantive, not mere technicalities – Article 126(2)(e) applied with caution. * Security for costs – procedural prerequisites for appealing orders requiring security.
 28 February 2022
Ogwal v Ekanyu (High Court Civil Suit 5 of 2011) [2022] UGHCCD 314 (28 February 2022)
28 February 2022
Olowo v Kampala Capital City Authority and Another (Civil Suit No. 288 of 2018) [2022] UGHCCD 4 (28 February 2022)
Whether a local authority is vicariously liable for police actions called in to restore public order.
Police law and tort — vicarious liability — no employer-employee relationship where police act under statutory mandate; failure to file defence as constructive admission; proof required for special damages; assessment and quantum of general damages for bodily injury.
 28 February 2022
Uganda free zones Authority and Another v Kaweesa (Miscellaneous Application No. 581 of 2021) [2022] UGHCCD 2 (25 February 2022)
Leave to appeal refused where applicants failed to show arguable grounds; res judicata and Rule 5(1) time‑extension arguments rejected.
Leave to appeal – application for leave to Court of Appeal – test for grant where impugned order involved judicial discretion; Res judicata – requirement that prior matter be heard and finally determined on the merits; Judicial review – Rule 5(1) extension of time discretionary and permissive; Limitation statutes – construed subject to specific procedural provisions.
 25 February 2022
Kajjongolo v Ssekiziyivu Kiwanuka and Another (Civil Appeal No. 58 of 2018) [2022] UGHCCD 18 (23 February 2022)
23 February 2022
Magezi v Commissioner Land Registration (Misc Cause No. 172 of 2017) [2022] UGHCCD 3 (23 February 2022)
Applicant showed procedural unfairness in title cancellation but failed by not exhausting statutory remedies, so judicial review dismissed.
Land law – Land Act s.91 – cancellation/alteration of certificates of title – requirement of notice and an opportunity to be heard; Registration of Titles Act s.177/182 – procedure to summon registrar; appeal under s.91(10); requirement to exhaust statutory remedies before seeking judicial review.
 23 February 2022
Nabaweesi v Uganda National Roads Authority (Civil Suit No. 15 of 2020) [2022] UGHCCD 23 (23 February 2022)
23 February 2022
Kibuka and Another v Mukasa (Civil Appeal No. 32 of 2019) [2022] UGHCCD 19 (21 February 2022)
21 February 2022
Elayu V umeme Limited (Civil Suit No. 23 of 2022) [2022] UGHCCD 288 (16 February 2022)
16 February 2022
Ocen and 4 Others v Kyambogo University Council and 3 Others (Miscellaneous Application No. 38 of 2022) [2022] UGHCCD 30 (11 February 2022)
High Court dismissed judicial review as premature because applicants failed to exhaust statutory Staff Tribunal remedies.
Judicial review — Prematurity — Requirement to exhaust alternative statutory remedies; Universities and Other Tertiary Institutions Act — Appointments Board (s.50) and University Staff Tribunal (s.57) — employment disputes; forum shopping; judicial restraint where statutory appeal exists.
 11 February 2022
Ssebulindya and Another v Abomugisha (Revision Cause No. 1 of 2021) [2022] UGHCCD 21 (7 February 2022)
7 February 2022