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Citation
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Judgment date
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| January 2026 |
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Mandatory temporary injunction denied for lack of special circumstances and failure to exhaust internal remedies.
Judicial review; Mandatory temporary injunctions; status quo (last actual pre‑dispute peaceable state); exhaustion of internal remedies; investigatory suspension; interlocutory relief likely to decide main suit; balance of convenience.
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5 January 2026 |
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Application to compel the Electoral Commission to facilitate prisoners' voting dismissed as res judicata of an earlier decision.
Constitutional law – prisoners’ right to vote under Article 59; judicial review – duty of Electoral Commission to facilitate voting; res judicata – finality of prior High Court ruling bars re-litigation.
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4 January 2026 |
| December 2025 |
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Court held cooperative society actions reviewable, quashed chair’s unilateral suspensions and ordered Registrar to convene SGM to reconstitute Board.
Judicial review – Cooperative societies – Decisions of registered societies and actions of their officers amenable to review – Unilateral suspensions and one‑person resolutions without quorum or bye‑law authority unlawful – Registrar’s duty to restore lawful governance – Quashing and setting aside of invalid resolutions and orders to convene Special General Meeting to reconstitute Board.
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31 December 2025 |
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Court expunged adverse judicial characterisation of the applicant as error apparent on the face of the record.
Civil procedure – Review under Section 82 CPA and Order 46 R.1 – Error apparent on the face of the record – Expungement of unnecessary adverse judicial remarks – Protection of reputation and prevention of prejudice to public officer.
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24 December 2025 |
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Application for broad discovery dismissed as a fishing expedition; applicants must prove employment and entitlements in their suit.
Civil procedure—discovery and inspection—requirements for ordering discovery (relevance, non-privilege, possession/control, futile voluntary attempts)—fishing expedition doctrine—applicant’s burden to prove employment and entitlements.
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23 December 2025 |
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The appeal is dismissed: the appellant breached the carriage contract, causing loss and damages to the respondent.
Contract of carriage; bailment; carrier liability for loss and delay; under‑declaration to customs; alteration of bill of lading; agency and lifting the corporate veil; proof of special damages; award of general damages.
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22 December 2025 |
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Leave to appeal refused where applicants benefited from a consent order and failed to show arguable grounds or vitiating factors.
Civil procedure — Leave to appeal — Test for grant of leave — Consent orders — Whether a party who has benefited from a consent order may later challenge it absent vitiating factors — Doctrine of approbate and reprobate — Abuse of court process.
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22 December 2025 |
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A petition filed outside the five‑day statutory period without applying for extension is incompetent and dismissed.
Election law — jurisdictional and strict five‑day filing period for appeals to High Court from Electoral Commission — social media copy not official delivery — failure to apply for extension or validation fatal to competence.
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22 December 2025 |
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Stay refused: judicial review orders were self-executing and applicant failed to show irreparable harm or triable issues.
Judicial review — prerogative orders — self-executing declarations — stay of execution — requirements for stay (notice, timeliness, irreparable harm, security, balance of convenience) — enforcement of electoral-related orders.
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22 December 2025 |
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The applicant’s prompt application led the court to set aside an ex parte decree and allow a late reply, with costs to respondents.
Civil procedure — Setting aside ex parte decree — Order 9 Rule 27 — Sufficient cause: negligence of counsel and settlement negotiations — Enlargement of time to file affidavit — Order 51 Rule 6; Section 96 Civil Procedure Act — Exercise of discretion in interest of justice — Costs to successful respondent assessed later.
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22 December 2025 |
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Electoral Commission properly denominated candidate whose mature-age certificate had expired; petition dismissed; parties bear own costs.
Electoral law – jurisdiction of Electoral Commission to adjudicate nomination disputes; validity and expiry of Mature Age/Aptitude Test certificates; NCHE equivalence versus underlying qualification validity; requirement to raise nomination defects before election; burden of proof in election petitions.
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21 December 2025 |
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Whether the respondent lawfully lodged a caveat without fair hearing and whether judicial review should quash it.
Judicial review — Administrative law — Caveat lodged by Registrar under Registration of Titles Act s.154(a) — Ultra vires, procedural impropriety and irrationality — Certiorari, mandamus, permanent injunction, damages and costs.
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18 December 2025 |
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Applicants failed to establish a bona fide triable defence in a summary debt suit; default judgment entered and costs awarded.
Civil Procedure – summary suit – Order 36 leave to appear and defend – bona fide triable issue required; sham defences; guarantor liability – demand notice under Mortgage Act inapplicable to salary loans; default judgment under Order 36 rule 5; costs follow the event.
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16 December 2025 |
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Petition alleging unfair prejudice dismissed where articles allowed transfers, prejudice not proved and claims were time‑barred.
Company law – unfair prejudice under section 244 – effect of articles of association on transfer rights – pre‑emptive rights not implied – limitation and acquiescence as bar to stale claims – failure to prove lack of accounts or prejudicial conduct.
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16 December 2025 |
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Court ordered reversal of UGX 300,000,000 to applicant after finding breach, absconding, and failure of consideration.
Banking and contract law — recovery of deposit paid to third party; contract by conduct and WhatsApp communications; failure of consideration/unjust enrichment; court’s inherent powers under section 98 Civil Procedure Act to order fund reversal; substituted service and uncontroverted affidavit evidence.
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15 December 2025 |
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Applicant failed to prove recruiter liability for migrant’s death after she absconded; application dismissed with costs.
Human rights enforcement – Migrant worker externalisation – Locus standi under Article 50 – Recruiter liability after worker absconds – Right to life and access to information – Causation and remedies – Repatriation and damages.
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15 December 2025 |
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Application to compel transfer under a 1960 succession certificate dismissed as time-barred, lacking cause and overlapping a pending constitutional petition.
Succession certificates – Limitation of actions – Succession Registers – Administrator General’s powers – Letters of Administration – Estates already administered – Pending constitutional petition affecting Respondent’s authority.
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15 December 2025 |
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Discovery of a document after judgment does not justify review absent proof of due diligence to produce it earlier.
Civil Procedure — Review — Order 46 Rule 1(b) — Discovery of new and important matter of evidence — Requirement of due diligence — Evidence peculiarly within applicant’s knowledge — Exhaustion of remedies under Electoral Commission Act — Application dismissed.
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2 December 2025 |
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Court quashed party’s forwarded primary result for procedural impropriety and ordered substitution of the candidate by the electoral commission.
Public law – political party internal elections – judicial review – exhaustion of internal remedies – procedural impropriety, illegality and irrationality in electoral decision-making – prerogative orders (certiorari) – substitution of candidate by electoral commission.
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2 December 2025 |
| November 2025 |
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Applicant raised triable issues; court granted unconditional leave to defend salary-refund claim and ordered defence filed.
Civil procedure — Order 36 summary judgment — triable issue required to refuse summary judgment — denial of liability — study leave and salary refund dispute — COVID-19/industrial action as factual defences — leave to defend granted; WSD within 15 days.
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28 November 2025 |
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A valid share trust deed was breached by trustees’ refusal to transfer shares; court ordered transfers and awarded costs.
Company law – Share trust deed – Validity and enforceability of share trust deed; termination clauses – Board resolution cannot unilaterally repudiate private trust deed – Trustees’ breach of fiduciary duties/contract by refusing to transfer shares – Registrar of Companies directed to effect transfers – Fraud requires full civil suit.
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28 November 2025 |
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Court granted extension to litigate alleged unlawful cancellation of title that implicated the right to a fair hearing.
Judicial review — extension of time under Section 40(7) Judicature Act and Rule 5(1) — exhaustion of administrative remedies as good reason for delay — alleged cancellation of title without hearing — breach of right to fair hearing — public interest in land administration.
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28 November 2025 |
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Judicial review dismissed as premature: ministerial directives not binding and no reviewable decision yet.
Judicial review — amenability and prematurity — ministerial directives vs statutory powers of Commissioner for Land Registration (s.88 Land Act) — procedural fairness — review versus civil remedy for title disputes.
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28 November 2025 |
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Whether counsel’s failure to communicate a time‑bound ruling constituted sufficient cause to validate late compliance and reinstate the suit.
Civil procedure – Enlargement and validation of time (S.96, S.98 CPA; Order 51 r.6) – "Sufficient cause" – Delay due to counsel’s failure to communicate – Effect of late compliance made before execution – Reinstatement of suit – Execution set aside pending verification.
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28 November 2025 |
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The applicant’s stay was dismissed for failing to prove likelihood of success, substantial irreparable loss, and to provide required security.
Civil procedure – Stay of execution – Order 43 Rule 4(1) and Rule 3 conditions – Requirement to show substantial loss, lack of delay, security for due performance – Notice of Appeal filed but competence/service matters for appellate court – Statutory body not equivalent to government for Rule 6 exemption.
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28 November 2025 |
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Court granted extension to file a late memorandum of appeal due to former counsel's inadvertence, finding sufficient cause.
Civil Procedure – Extension of time to file memorandum of appeal – Section 79(1), Section 96 CPA and Order 51 Rule 6 CPR – judicial discretion – factors: length of delay, reason, arguability, prejudice – negligence of former counsel can constitute sufficient cause.
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28 November 2025 |
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Application to set aside default judgment dismissed: service admitted, leave filed late, proposed defence found sham.
Civil procedure – Summary procedure (Order 36 r11) – Setting aside default judgment – Ineffective service vs good cause – Requirement of triable defence – Time limits for specially endorsed plaint – Sham defence – Costs.
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28 November 2025 |
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Applicant's application to strike out the defence for general/evasive denials was dismissed; defence addressed main allegations.
Civil Procedure — Striking out pleadings — Order 6 Rules 8, 10 and 30 CPR — General and evasive denials — Requirement to deal with main allegations; Pleadings must disclose a reasonable defence; Exceptional nature of striking out; Affidavit formalities — belated objection.
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28 November 2025 |
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Court allowed the applicant to add the respondent (Attorney General) to resolve disputed liability and avoid multiplicity of suits.
Civil procedure — Amendment of pleadings (Order 6 Rule 19 CPR) — Joinder of parties (Order 1 Rule 3 CPR) — Section 33 Judicature Act — Vicarious liability dispute — Avoidance of multiplicity of suits — Prejudice test for amendment.
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28 November 2025 |
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Leave to appeal dismissed for being filed late without extension and for lack of sufficient cause.
Civil procedure – Leave to appeal – Time limits under Rule 40 of the Judicature (Court of Appeal Rules) Directions – Late filing without application for extension – Requirement to show sufficient cause – Dilatory conduct – Incompetent application – Costs awarded.
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27 November 2025 |
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Applicant alleged non-display of workers voters register; court refused injunction, awarded monetary compensation.
Electoral law – Interim injunction – Display of voters register for Special Interest Groups (Workers) – Access to information – Public interest and preservation of electoral cycle – Monetary compensation in lieu of injunction.
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25 November 2025 |
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High Court set aside magistrate’s judgment as a nullity for want of pecuniary jurisdiction and remitted the matter.
Revision — High Court power under s.83 CPA; Jurisdiction — pecuniary limits of Magistrates Grade One; Nullity of proceedings for want of jurisdiction; Chief Magistrate’s duty under s.220 MCA to forward irregular records to High Court; Admissibility of affidavits — Order 19 r.3 CPR; Remittal for rehearing; Costs apportionment.
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25 November 2025 |
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An unincorporated business lacks capacity to be sued; respondent liable for defamation and contempt with damages, injunction and imprisonment.
Defamation — publication of false allegations of corruption and theft; fair comment and malice; capacity to sue — unincorporated business name lacks legal personality; contempt — breach of interim restraining order; remedies — damages, injunction, deletion and apology; committal for contempt.
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24 November 2025 |
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Registered lease cannot be rescinded without due process; public body's rejection of transfer and rescission were unlawful.
Administrative law – Judicial review – Amenability where public body made final decision affecting registered proprietor; Natural justice – right to be heard – failure to inform or give hearing vitiates decision; Illegality/ultra vires – public body cannot cancel a registered lease/title without statutory procedure; Irrationality – decisions must be reasonable, transparent and follow legal advice; Remedies – certiorari, mandamus, injunction, damages and costs.
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24 November 2025 |
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Stay of execution refused: appeal lacked serious legal questions and applicant failed to show substantial loss.
Civil procedure – Stay of execution pending appeal – Order 43(2) and (3) CPR – requirements: substantive appeal, risk of substantial loss, no unreasonable delay, security – judicial review appeals limited to process (illegality, irrationality, procedural impropriety) – appeal must raise serious questions of law or fact – balance of hardship.
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24 November 2025 |
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Court granted interim relief restraining employer from suspending or investigating employee where actions were allegedly ultra vires and sub judice.
Judicial review — Interim/ex parte relief — Suspension of employment — Ultra vires and irrational administrative action — Sub judice protection — Preservation of status quo pending review.
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21 November 2025 |
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Applicant failed to satisfy statutory prerequisites for interim stay; Order 9 Rule 6 default judgment upheld.
Civil Procedure – Interim stay of execution – Order 43 Rule 4(3) CPR prerequisites: competent notice of appeal, substantial loss, no unreasonable delay, security – Default judgments – Order 9 Rule 6 for liquidated claims – Procedural irregularities immaterial where substantive debt established – Equity: unclean hands and abuse of process bar relief.
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21 November 2025 |
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Application for judicial reference of taxation was improperly brought; only taxing officer or party consent can invoke a judge.
Advocates Act s.68(1),(2),(3) – Taxation of bills of costs – Referral to judge: only by taxing officer on own motion or by consent of parties; improper procedure cannot be invented by applicant; alternative appeal remedies available – Order 50 r.8 CPR; procedural competence; functus officio issues where appeal pending.
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20 November 2025 |
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The applicant complying with Advocates Act requirements is entitled to have its advocate-client bill taxed and recovered with interest.
Advocates Act (ss.63,64) – Advocate‑client bill of costs – signature and delivery requirements – taxation where respondent fails to seek taxation within 30 days – presumption of truth where affidavit evidence unrebutted – interest under Advocates’ Regulations (6% p.a.).
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20 November 2025 |
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Certificate of title cancellation quashed for illegality and denial of fair hearing; title remains valid pending competent court order.
Administrative law – Judicial review – amenability where public body exercises land registration functions. Land law – Section 88 Land Act – requirements for notice, hearing, reasons and right of appeal before cancelling a certificate of title. Illegality/ultra vires – cancellation of title without jurisdiction or proper procedure. Natural justice – denial of meaningful hearing where a party prevented from testifying or calling witnesses. Separation of powers – commissioner cannot conclusively adjudicate ownership disputes reserved for the High Court.
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14 November 2025 |
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Police acting in the course of duty rendered the State vicariously liable for negligent shooting; damages and costs awarded.
Vicarious liability – employer liability for torts of police officers acting in course of duty Negligence – duty of care by police; unreasonable use/possession of firearm; accidental discharge credibility Remedies – special damages (medical expenses), general damages, punitive damages, interest and costs
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14 November 2025 |
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Government’s admitted liability for agreed terminal benefits justified a certificate/order; unpleaded damages and interest were rejected.
Government proceedings – Certificate of order under Section 19 Government Proceedings Act; Judgment on admissions – sufficiency of government admission under Order 13 r.6; Pleadings – prohibition on relief not claimed and absence of evidence (Fang Min principle).
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6 November 2025 |
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Judicial review focuses on process; interdisciplinary degree valid as related specialization, so appointment upheld.
Administrative law – Judicial review – scope limited to procedural fairness, legality and rationality, not merits; exhaustion of remedies excused where internal remedies are fettered or unaddressed; public appointments – qualifications – interdisciplinary degrees may constitute 'related specialization' under advertised criteria; consultations with technical bodies and accrediting institutions relevant to lawfulness of appointment.
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5 November 2025 |
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Appellant entitled to market value and damages after respondent failed to prove a loan and unlawfully sold his vehicle.
Consumer/money-lending law – compliance with Tier 4 Microfinance Institutions and Money Lenders Act (sections 69, 86); Electronic evidence – authentication and admissibility of call recordings under the Electronic Transactions Act; Secured transactions – obligations of secured creditor to account after disposal under section 52(1) of the Security Interest in Movable Property Act; Remedies – award of market value, general damages, interest and costs.
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5 November 2025 |
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Disqualification from guild elections upheld where applicant was convicted by a university disciplinary committee.
Administrative law – Judicial review – scope confined to legality, rationality and procedural fairness Students’ election law – eligibility – Article 9(1)(e) excludes students found guilty by university committee Procedural fairness – fair hearing upheld where student pleaded guilty and was disciplined by Hall Disciplinary Committee
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1 November 2025 |
| October 2025 |
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Appeal dismissed: applicant failed to prove requested documents were in respondents’ possession or relevant for discovery.
Civil procedure — Discovery of documents — Requirement to show documents exist and are in opponent’s possession, custody or power — Relevance and materiality to matters in issue — Avoidance of fishing expeditions — Public/third‑party records obtainable from URSB or banks — Appellate restraint in reviewing discretionary discovery rulings.
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31 October 2025 |
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High Court revised magistrate’s decree: principal debt upheld but punitive and compound interest awards set aside.
Civil procedure – Revision under Section 83 CPA – jurisdictional limits and review for illegality or material irregularity; Order 36 specially endorsed plaint – liquidated demand; punitive/penalty interest and compound interest not recoverable in summary suit where amounts are unascertained.
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31 October 2025 |
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Leave to defend summary suit refused where affidavit and proposed defence disclosed no bona fide triable issue.
Civil procedure – Order 36 summary procedure – leave to appear and defend – triable-issue test; proposed written statement of defence should be attached and sufficiently particular; bare denials or vague assertions are inadequate; refusal of leave under Order 36 Rule 5 results in judgment for plaintiff.
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31 October 2025 |
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Judicial review of a university promotion dismissed as premature for failure to exhaust internal remedies; costs to respondent.
Judicial review — exhaustion of internal remedies (Rule 7A) — administrative decisions of public bodies — promotion appeals procedure — premature application — procedural impropriety and correctness of respondent as decision‑maker.
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29 October 2025 |
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Interim injunction dismissed: funds already disbursed and applicant failed to show irreparable harm; respondents lawfully implementing amended statute.
Interim injunctions — prerequisites (urgency, irreparable harm, status quo) — overtaken-by-events doctrine — limits on restraining implementation of Acts of Parliament — Political Parties and Organisations (Amendment) Act 2025 conditioning public funding on statutory IPOD membership — balance of convenience.
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29 October 2025 |