High Court of Uganda

The High Court of Uganda is the third court of record in order of hierarchy and has unlimited original jurisdiction, which means that it can try any case of any value or crime of any magnitude. Appeals from all Magistrates Courts go to the High Court. 

The High Court is headed by the Honorable Principal Judge who is responsible for the administration of the court and has supervisory powers over Magistrate's courts. 

Physical address
Plot 2, the Square Kampala
5,162 judgments

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June 2025
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Child rights—Loco parentis—School released minor to third party without parental consent—Constitutional rights of parent violated—Five-year involuntary separation—Emotional trauma—General damages awarded—No punitive or exemplary damages—Duty to respect parental authority reaffirmed

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2 June 2025

Paternity determination—Application by estate administrators for sibling kinship test or exhumation of deceased’s remains—Exhumation ordered for DNA test—Costs on estate.

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22 May 2025

Access to Information—jurisdiction—request to view will in Succession Register—whether High Court proper forum—Sections 4, 11, 15, 36 & 37 of Access to Information Act—Section 73 of Evidence Act—will deposited with Administrator General becomes public record—right to information under Article 41 of the Constitution—failure to first apply to Chief Magistrate’s Court—no evidence of denial by information officer—application dismissed for want of jurisdiction

21 May 2025

Civil Procedure—Appeals—locus standi—corporate entity not party to lower court proceedings—application for extension of time and validation of appeal documents—Order 44 Rule 1(2) Civil Procedure Rules—appellate procedure—leave to appeal required—lack of leave—appeal and application struck out—New Vision not a party to original suit—no legal standing—costs awarded

21 May 2025