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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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Plot M105, Kinawataka Road, Mbuya 1, Kampala, Uganda
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April 2017

Criminal law

28 April 2017

Slip Rule

28 April 2017

Slip Rule

28 April 2017

 

28 April 2017

 

26 April 2017
Criminal law
19 April 2017
Land
6 April 2017

Civil Procedure|Appeals and reviews|Notice of Appeal

6 April 2017
Retracted confessions properly admitted and corroborated; common intention proved, so conviction and 28-year sentence upheld.
• Evidence — Confession — Trial-within-a-trial — Voluntariness and admissibility of retracted/repudiated confessions; same officer recording statements distinguished where taken days apart and in local language. • Corroboration — Confession may suffice if true; physical and eyewitness evidence corroborating confession (hammer with blood, deceased’s shoes, witnesses' testimony). • Criminal law — Common intention (s.20 Penal Code) — joint liability where participants combine for same illegal purpose. • Sentence — Appellate interference limited to illegality or manifest excess; 28-year term upheld.
6 April 2017

Land

6 April 2017