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Civil Procedure [2025] UGCommC 62

Musiime v Uganda Security Printing Company Limited

Musiime v Uganda Security Printing Company Limited (Miscellaneous Application 1981 of 2024) [2025] UGCommC 62 (25 February 2025)

The High Court reinstated a civil suit after finding it had abated in error, because the plaintiff had already taken out summons for directions in time.

  • Abatement Of Suit
  • Summons For Directions
  • Reinstatement Of Suit
  • Procedural Compliance
  • Abatement-of-suit
  • Reinstatement-of-suit
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Criminal Law [2025] UGHCCRD 8

Kato v Uganda

Kato v Uganda (Criminal Miscellaneous Application 401 of 2024) [2025] UGHCCRD 8 (25 February 2025)

High Court bail application dismissed because the applicant failed to provide identification documents, despite showing a fixed abode and substantial sureties.

  • Bail Pending Trial
  • Judicial Discretion
  • Presumption Of Innocence
  • Sureties Requirements
  • Bail-pending-trial
  • Criminal-procedure
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Criminal Law [2025] UGHCCRD 6

Twinomujuni v Uganda

Twinomujuni v Uganda (Criminal Revision 47 of 2024) [2025] UGHCCRD 6 (25 February 2025)

The High Court dismissed an application to stay criminal proceedings pending a civil suit, holding that section 208 of the Magistrates Courts Act does not apply to criminal cases.

  • Stay Of Proceedings
  • Concurrent Jurisdiction
  • Revision Powers
  • Abuse Of Process
  • Fair Trial Rights
  • Stay-of-proceedings
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Administrative Law [2025] EACJ 1

Pan African Lawyers Union (PALU) v Attorney General of the Republic of South Sudan

Pan African Lawyers Union (PALU) v Attorney General of the Republic of South Sudan (Reference No.26 of 2020) [2025] EACJ 1 (25 February 2025) (First Instance Division)

The East African Court of Justice dismissed PALU’s reference against South Sudan as time-barred, holding that the two-month limit under Article 30(2) had expired.

  • Jurisdiction Ratione Temporis
  • Time Limitation
  • Treaty Interpretation
  • Human Rights Violations
  • Jurisdiction-ratione-temporis
  • Time-limitation
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Content Filtered [2025] UGHC 116

Uganda v Kato alias Anderea

Uganda v Kato alias Anderea (Criminal Session Case 23 of 2022) [2025] UGHC 116 (25 February 2025)

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  • Content Filtered
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Civil Procedure [2025] UGHC 70

Muhwezi v Total Marketing Uganda Limited

Muhwezi v Total Marketing Uganda Limited (Miscellaneous Application 256 of 2024) [2025] UGHC 70 (25 February 2025)

The High Court at Mbale dismissed an application to enlarge time for service of a notice of motion in an appeal, finding the delay unjustified.

  • Extension Of Time
  • Service Of Process
  • Temporary Injunction
  • Locus Standi
  • Appeal Procedure
  • Extension-of-time
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Commercial And Corporate [2025] UGCommC 15

Bemuga Forwarders Limited (Companies Cause 33 of 2024)

Bemuga Forwarders Limited (Companies Cause 33 of 2024) [2025] UGCommC 15 (25 February 2025)

The High Court rectified the company register to remove an untraceable shareholder, placing his shares in trust for him and allowing resale if unclaimed after three years.

  • Rectification Of Share Register
  • Untraceable Shareholder
  • Share Reversion
  • Company Management
  • Trust For Absent Member
  • Rectification-of-share-register
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Land And Property [2025] UGHCLD 36

Kaddu & Another v Mulindwa & 3 Others

Kaddu & Another v Mulindwa & 3 Others (Miscellaneous Application 2769 of 2024) [2025] UGHCLD 36 (24 February 2025)

The High Court set aside a consent judgment over estate land, finding the parties lacked authority because the estate had no administrators and the consent involved collusion.

  • Consent Judgment
  • Estate Administration
  • Beneficiary Rights
  • Fraud And Collusion
  • Consent-judgments
  • Estate-administration
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Land And Property [2025] UGHCLD 33

Namubiru v Launde

Namubiru v Launde (Civil Suit 2160 of 2016) [2025] UGHCLD 33 (24 February 2025)

Both certificates of title, Kyadondo Block 267 Plot 634 (Plaintiff) and Kyadondo Block 269 Plot 192 (Defendant), are valid and distinct. The Plaintiff's title was lawfully acquired and processed, with no evidence of fraud presented by the Defendant. No easement or right of access for the Defendant is registered on the Plaintiff's title, and the Defendant failed to prove entitlement to such. The Defendant unlawfully trespassed upon the Plaintiff's land by encroaching, destroying property, and depriving her of possession and rental income. The Plaintiff did not acquiesce in the Defendant's cons…

  • Land Title Validity
  • Fraud In Land Registration
  • Easement Rights
  • Trespass To Land
  • Estoppel
  • Damages For Land Trespass
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Employment And Labour [2025] UGIC 21

Odora and 2 Others v Stanbic Bank Uganda Limited (Labour Dispute Reference 33 of 2017)

Odora and 2 Others v Stanbic Bank Uganda Limited (Labour Dispute Reference 33 of 2017) [2025] UGIC 21 (24 February 2025)

The court found that the claimant's early retirement was based on medical grounds due to a degenerative back condition, and the respondent accepted her retirement without offering alternative light work or awaiting the independent medical report. The respondent's argument that the claimant was not entitled to severance pay because she retired before the independent report was rejected, as the respondent had the obligation to act on the initial medical findings or provide alternative work. The court held that the claimant was entitled to severance pay under both the Employment Act and the resp…

  • Severance Pay
  • Early Retirement
  • Pension Fund Contributions
  • Repatriation Allowance
  • Salary Arrears
  • General Damages
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