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Supreme Court of Uganda

The Supreme Court of Uganda is the highest judicial organ in Uganda. It derives powers from Article 130 of the 1995 constitution. It is primarily an appellate court with original jurisdiction in only one type of case: a presidential election petition.

The Supreme Court is headed by the chief justice nd has ten other justices. The quorum required for a court decision varies depending on the type of case under consideration. When hearing a constitutional appeal, the required quorum is seven justices. In a criminal or a civil appeal, only five justices are required for a quorum.

 

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June 1992
Departed Asians Property Custodian Board v Isa Bukenya t/a New Mars Wear House [1992] UGSC 2 (30 June 1992)
Consent hearing date and counsel’s forgetfulness do not ordinarily constitute sufficient cause to set aside an ex parte decree.
Civil procedure – Setting aside ex parte decree – Order 9 Rule 24 – "sufficient cause" – consent hearing dates – requirement (or not) of separate hearing notice – failure of counsel’s forgetfulness not sufficient cause.
 30 June 1992
Lubega v Barclays Bank (U) Limited (Civil Appeal 2 of 1992) [1992] UGSC 23 (30 June 1992)

 

 30 June 1992
Matendegyere & Ors v Y. Kasikura & Ors [1992] UGSC 4 (30 June 1992)
Section 74 construed as permitting appeals to this Court; jurisdictional objection to a third appeal overruled, costs to applicants.
Civil procedure – Appeal – Whether section 74 Civil Procedure Act permits a third appeal to this Court – Interpretation of marginal notes and foreign authority (Sanga v. Baya) – Power to stay execution under Rules of Court where notice of appeal lodged.
 30 June 1992
Musoke v Departed Asian's Property Custodian Board & Another (Civil Appeal 1 of 1992) [1992] UGSC 24 (30 June 1992)

 

 30 June 1992
Musoke v Musuga and Another (Civil Appeal No. 1 of 1992) [1992] UGSC 34 (30 June 1992)
Court held conversion damages assessed at date of conversion; adjusted order on costs due to procedural errors.
Tort – Conversion – Measure of damages – Valuation date in conversion cases – Liability of joint defendants – Assessment of costs
 30 June 1992
Shiv Construction Co.Limited V Endesha Enterprises Limited (Civil Application 15 of 1992) [1992] UGSC 26 (25 June 1992)

 

 25 June 1992
Haji Musa Sebirumbi v Uganda [1992] UGSC 7 (22 June 1992)
Whether a trial Judge must call a witness deemed essential under s.37 and whether the prosecution disproved the appellant’s alibi.
• Criminal procedure – Section 37 (Trial on Indictments Decree) – duty to call witness deemed essential; limits on judicial power to call witnesses after close of case. • Alibi – burden remains on prosecution to disprove alibi beyond reasonable doubt; best evidence principle and need to call hospital/hotel records. • Evidence – assessment of contradictions and prior inconsistent statements in eyewitness testimony and effect on credibility. • Trial fairness – summing-up to assessors, potential judicial bias and prosecutors’ failure to produce primary records.
 22 June 1992