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Namiika v Sebunya & Others (Miscellaneous Application 2 of 2023) [2024] UGHCFD 12 (22 February 2024)
The High Court held that a taxing master should not dismiss an entire bill of costs solely because counsel lacked a practising certificate; only directly tainted costs may be disallowed.
Habre International Trading Co (u) Ltd v Kampala City Council (HCT-00-CV-CS-0763 OF 1994) (HCT-00-CV-CS-0763 of 1994) [2002] UGHC 27 (12 November 2002)
The court found that the plaint in this suit was prepared and filed by Kasirye and Company Advocates, a firm whose sole proprietor, Dominic Kasirye, did not possess a valid practicing certificate for the year 1994. Relying on the Supreme Court authority in Professor Syed Huq v The Islamic University of Uganda, the court held that documents prepared or filed by an advocate without a valid practicing certificate are invalid and of no legal effect. The court rejected the plaintiff's argument that the issue was not raised at the beginning of the trial, noting that the plaintiff could have applied…
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