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Balambuli Kwigate Coffee (BKC) Limited v Ibero (U) Limited (Miscellaneous Cause 6 of 2024) [2025] UGCommC 55 (11 April 2025)
The High Court dismissed an application to set aside an arbitral award, holding the parties had mutually extended timelines and the award was delivered lawfully.
Captain. Joseph v D and D International Uganda Limited (Miscellaneous Application 1626 of 2022) [2023] UGCommC 41 (19 January 2023)
High Court dismissed an application to vacate an arbitrator’s interim protection order, holding that court intervention in ongoing arbitration is tightly limited.
Car and General (U) Ltd v AFS Construction Ltd (Miscellaneous Application No. 87 of 2015) [2016] UGCommC 208 (16 December 2016)
The High Court dismissed an application to set aside an arbitral award, holding that the applicant had not shown any statutory ground under section 34.
Wanzala Enterprises Ltd v Barclays Bank Uganda Ltd (Miscellaneous Application No. 754 of 2016) [2016] UGCommC 67 (9 September 2016)
The High Court dismissed an application to disqualify a court-appointed referee over alleged conflict of interest, finding the objection was late and waived.
Ajanta Pharma Ltd v Attorney General & Anor (Arbitration Cause No. 11 of 2011) [2012] UGCommC 90 (16 August 2012)
The court found that the order terminating the arbitral proceedings was not an arbitral award within the meaning of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, and thus section 34 did not apply. However, due to the absence of a statutory remedy for challenging such orders, the court exercised its inherent jurisdiction under the Judicature Act and Civil Procedure Act to address the applicant’s grievance. The agreement on arbitrator’s fees was vitiated by common mistake, as the Attorney General’s representative lacked authority to bind the government without accounting officer approval. The arbitrato…
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Uganda Lottery Ltd v The Attorney General (Miscellaneous Cause No. 627 of 2008) [2008] UGCommC 69 (8 January 2008)
The High Court held that an arbitral award could be recognized and enforced under the ACA, rejecting the claim that the application was premature.
Njeru Town Council V Nyanza Textiles Industries Ltd (Misc. Appl. No. 19 of 1992) [1992] UGHC 3 (2 April 1992)
The court held that the application was wrongly brought under Order 43 rule 5 of the Civil Procedure Rules and by Notice of Motion, whereas the dispute arose under an agreement and was governed by the Arbitration Act and Rules. Rule 16 of the Arbitration Rules mandates that such applications be brought by chamber summons. The court found that the mandatory procedural requirements were violated, rendering the application incompetent. On the issue of the affidavit, the court noted that while affidavits may contain information, the source must be disclosed if not based on personal knowledge. How…
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Singh v Nand and Another (Civil Case No. 40 of 1928) [1928] EACA 5 (1 January 1928)
The court held that the arbitration agreement expressly required the appointment of an umpire before the arbitrators entered upon the business of reference, making such appointment a condition precedent. Since the arbitrators had not appointed an umpire prior to commencing the arbitration, the condition precedent was not satisfied. The court further held that its discretionary power to enlarge the time for making an award under section 10 of the Arbitration Ordinance could not be exercised in the absence of compliance with this condition. The statutory provisions allowing appointment of an um…
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