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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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March 2000
Tumuhaire v Uganda (Criminal Appeal 17 of 1999) [2000] UGSC 28 (9 March 2000)
Conviction upheld: one confession inadmissible but admissible confession, dying declaration and circumstantial evidence sustain murder verdict.
Criminal law – admissibility of confessions – Section 24 Evidence Act – confession made in custody inadmissible; confession before arrest admissible. Criminal law – dying declaration – corroboration a rule of practice, not law; admissible if circumstances exclude mistake. Evidence – weight of circumstantial evidence and unchallenged extra-judicial statements may support conviction.
 9 March 2000
Tumuhairwe v Uganda (Criminal Appeal No. 171 of 1999) [2000] UGSC 40 (9 March 2000)
The Supreme Court upheld the murder conviction, validating confession evidence and accepting the reliability of a dying declaration.
Criminal law – Murder – Admissibility of confessions under Evidence Act – Reliability of dying declarations in trial.
 9 March 2000
Robert Cuosssens v Attorney General [2000] UGSC 2 (2 March 2000)
A claimant must prove actual earnings at injury time to recover claimed future loss of earnings.
Damages — personal injury — assessment of future loss of earnings — necessity of proving actual earnings at time of injury — prospective loss estimated on proved facts; appellate interference with discretionary awards only where wrong principle or manifestly erroneous award.
 2 March 2000
General Parts (U) Ltd v Non-Performing Assets Recovery Trust (Civil Appeal 5 of 1999) [2000] UGSC 10 (1 March 2000)

 

 1 March 2000