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Nantumbwe & 4 Others v Tinkasimire (Miscellaneous Application 1983 of 2022) [2024] UGHCLD 81 (28 March 2024)
The High Court discharged a temporary injunction over land at Makerere Hill, finding the respondent had not proved a sufficient interest in the whole suit land.
Administrator General v Kyomugisha and 4 Others (Miscellaneous Application 201 of 2022) [2023] UGHCFD 126 (3 January 2023)
The High Court set aside a taxation ruling, holding that advocates who came on record after judgment lacked locus to file a bill of costs for earlier trial work.
Administrator General v Kyomugisha and 4 Others (Miscellaneous Application 201 of 2022) [2023] UGHCFD 47 (3 January 2023)
The High Court held that only the advocate who was on record during the trial proceedings is entitled to present a bill of costs for those proceedings. M/s Tuhimbise & Co. Advocates, having only come on record after judgment, lacked locus to claim instruction fees for the trial period in HCCS No.092 of 2010. The bill of costs presented was fundamentally false as it purported to claim for services not rendered by the current advocates. The Deputy Registrar erred in law by allowing taxation of such a bill and by disregarding binding authorities from superior courts, which require that the bill…
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Yunida Traders v UMEME Limited (EDT COMPLAINT 8 of 2013) [2020] UGEDT 2 (8 September 2020)
The Tribunal overruled a preliminary objection, holding that a dissolved firm’s successor could file the Bill of Costs despite no formal notice of change being on record.
Tumuramye v Tushemereirwe (Civil Application No. 96 of 2016) [2018] UGCA 14 (10 May 2018)
The Court of Appeal restored an appeal after finding the appellant and his counsel were not served with the hearing notice, which had gone to former advocates.
Kampala International University Ltd v Tororo Cement ,Uganda Revenue Authority,Attorney General (Civil Application No. 0433 of 2006) [2011] UGHC 23 (28 February 2011)
The High Court of Uganda dismissed a commercial suit for want of prosecution after five years of inactivity, rejecting reliance on a last-minute change of advocates.
Mulangwa v Osman (Civil Reference 3 of 2004) [2004] UGSC 52 (29 August 2004)
The Supreme Court of Uganda held that a successor advocate could not include a previous advocate’s work in the same bill of costs without proper separation under the Rules.
Ebrahim.A.Kassim Sherali Ahamed Kassam Onali Allarakhia v Habre International Ltd [2000] UGSC 5 (12 July 2000)
The court held that while the taxing master applied the correct legal principles and exercised discretion in accordance with the Supreme Court Rules and relevant case law, the instruction fees awarded (Shs. 30 million for taking instructions and Shs. 15 million for arguing additional grounds) were manifestly excessive given the circumstances and value of the subject matter (Shs. 70 million). The court found no fatal error in the party name discrepancy and rejected the argument that perusals and written submissions should not be included in the instruction fee. Costs awarded for the counter cl…
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