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Citation
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Judgment date
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| September 2025 |
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Applicant proved breach of contract; awarded unpaid principal, general damages, interest and costs.
Contract law – breach of contract and recovery of unpaid sums; evidential burden in ex parte proceedings – reliance on invoices and bank statements; abandonment of defence by non-attendance (Order 9 Rule 20); damages under s.67(7) Contracts Act; award of interest and costs.
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26 September 2025 |
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Court ordered register rectification, transmission of deceased member's shares to the applicant, and reversion of missing shares to company.
* Companies Act s.121 – rectification of members' register – death as sufficient cause for removal; * Transmission of shares to legal personal representative – Succession Act s.176 and company articles; * Reversion of missing shareholders' shares to company to be held in trust; * Registrar of Companies directed to effect rectification; * Court intervention where absence of directors/members prevents normal transfer mechanisms.
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24 September 2025 |
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A prima facie judicial‑review case does not justify a mandatory interlocutory injunction when compliance is impractical and damages are adequate.
* Civil procedure – Temporary mandatory (interlocutory) injunctions – extraordinary discretionary remedy – requirements: prima facie case, irreparable injury, balance of convenience, and compliance capability.
* Administrative law – Judicial review – effect of pending review on election/nomination processes and availability of interlocutory relief.
* Electoral law – party nomination/denomination and verification of candidates’ eligibility based on national identification records.
* Natural justice – complaint of denial of hearing before alteration of biodata.
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18 September 2025 |
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Interim injunction denied for failure to prove irreparable harm and because balance of convenience favored current SACCO management.
Civil procedure – Temporary injunction – Tests: prima facie case; irreparable injury; balance of convenience; status quo to be preserved – Judicial review – process versus merits – Cooperative Societies governance and interim relief – Jurisdiction/arbitration issues reserved for main suit.
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17 September 2025 |
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Application to strike out suit dismissed: timely amended plaint cured lack of written authority and discloses a cause of action.
Civil procedure – sufficiency of plaint to disclose a cause of action; amendment of plaint under Order 6 r20; written authority for next friend under Order 32 r1; competence of suit involving a minor; whether amendment cures procedural defects.
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15 September 2025 |
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Court varied a consent order to replace land‑title security with a 30‑day deposit of the decretal sum, subject to conditions.
* Civil procedure – Variation of consent order – Substitution of immovable property security with deposit of decretal sum. * Security for due performance – Encumbrance removal conditioned on receipt of decretal sum. * Public interest and urgency – land acquisition for relocation of landslide‑prone communities. * Costs – applicants to bear application and encumbrance removal/restoration costs if non‑compliant.
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15 September 2025 |
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Temporary injunction granted to restrain respondent from publishing alleged defamatory statements against the applicant pending trial.
* Defamation – interlocutory relief – temporary injunction to restrain further publications pending trial
* Requirements for temporary injunction – status quo, prima facie case, irreparable injury, balance of convenience
* Freedom of expression (Art.29) vs protection of reputation – limitation under Art.43
* Non-appearance/reply by respondent treated as implicit admission
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12 September 2025 |
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A Ministry Rewards & Sanctions Committee hearing and recommendation can lawfully support the Education Service Commission’s dismissal of an education officer.
Administrative law – judicial review – amenability of public bodies; Public service discipline – Rewards & Sanctions Committee authority; Education Service Commission Regulations (2012) – Regulation 28 & 34 – Commission may act on Ministry recommendations; Natural justice – fair hearing satisfied by Ministry committee hearing when Commission properly considers recommendation.
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12 September 2025 |
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Court grants temporary injunction restraining reallocation of market property pending resolution of ownership dispute.
Civil Procedure — Temporary injunction — Requirements for grant — Prima facie case with probability of success — Irreparable harm — Balance of convenience — Procedural irregularity — Authority to depone affidavit on behalf of multiple applicants.
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10 September 2025 |
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High Court granted habeas corpus to test lawfulness of private rehabilitation confinement despite spousal sponsorship and asserted statutory compliance.
Habeas corpus – detention in private rehabilitation facility – lawfulness of confinement – spousal sponsorship and consent – safeguards under the Mental Health Act – High Court jurisdiction to assess liberty and order production for independent assessment.
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9 September 2025 |
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Court set aside manifestly low taxed instruction fee and recomputed it under the Advocates' remuneration regulations.
* Advocates (Remuneration and Taxation of Costs) Regulations – Sixth Schedule – computation of instruction fees where subject-matter exceeds UGX 100,000,000; * Taxation of costs – manifestly low awards and error of principle; * Taxing Master’s discretion – must be exercised judicially; * Unchallenged affidavit – failure to file reply and evidential effect; * Remedy – setting aside and re-computation of taxed fees.
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8 September 2025 |
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Limitation periods for contract or employment disputes do not bar proceedings challenging compulsory public interest retirement under public service law.
Employment law – Public service – Compulsory retirement in public interest – Applicability of limitation periods – Statutory versus contractual claims – Judicial discretion to prioritize substantive justice over technicalities.
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8 September 2025 |
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The court ordered the production of the applicant, suspected of military detention, by issuing a writ of habeas corpus.
Habeas corpus – unlawful detention – personal liberty – remedy for unlawful arrest or detention – military custody – requirement to produce detainee before court under constitutional protections.
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5 September 2025 |
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Court suspends new outdoor advertising rates, finding them irrational, but upholds local authority’s power to impose fees by ordinance.
Administrative law — Judicial review — Local government powers — Taxes and fees — Distinction between taxes and fees — Lawful authority to impose outdoor advertising fees by ordinance — Procedural fairness — Rationality of administrative action — Excessive and irrational fee increases — Suspension of implementation pending review.
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4 September 2025 |
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Court set aside orders for pension and gratuity where the decree awarded relief not granted in the operative judgment.
Civil procedure – Review – Error apparent on the face of the record – Decree including reliefs not granted in the judgment – Effect of prior ex parte judgment being set aside – Proper extraction of decrees and subsequent execution proceedings.
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3 September 2025 |
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Application for contempt and mandamus dismissed for lack of proof of intentional disobedience and absence of verified claims.
Civil procedure – Contempt of court – Elements of contempt – Mandamus – Prerequisites for writ of mandamus – Impossibility of performance as a defense – Consent judgments and duty of verification.
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3 September 2025 |