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Woyome v Republic of Ghana [2020] AfCHPR 40 (26 June 2020)
The African Court dismissed Alfred Agbesi Woyome’s review application as inadmissible, finding the alleged new evidence was not new and made provisional measures moot.
Lubega Drake Vs Kalemba & Anor (Misc. Appln. 40 of 2018) [2019] UGCA 49 (18 April 2019)
The Court of Appeal held that it lacks jurisdiction to review or set aside its own judgment in election petition matters except in the limited circumstances provided by the slip rule or its inherent powers. The slip rule is confined to correcting clerical or arithmetical mistakes or accidental slips, not errors of law or fact. The applicant's grounds for review were based on alleged errors of law and fact, which do not fall within the scope of the slip rule or inherent powers. The application was found to be a disguised appeal, seeking to have the court rehear matters already finally determin…
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Mpagi Godfrey v Uganda (Miscellaneous Criminal Application 1 of 2016) [2018] UGSC 81 (20 September 2018)
The Supreme Court of Uganda dismissed an application to restore a criminal appeal on sentence, holding that neither Rule 2(2) nor Rule 66(3) applied.
Okello v Uganda (Criminal Application 6 of 2017) [2018] UGSC 85 (26 April 2018)
The Supreme Court of Uganda dismissed an application to review its earlier criminal judgment, holding that the slip rule did not apply to the sentence complained of.
Katayira Francis v Rogers Bosco Bugembe (Civil Application 23 of 2016) [2017] UGSC 70 (6 April 2017)
The Supreme Court held that the application was filed with inordinate delay, and the reasons advanced for the delay—such as lack of Coram and the nature of constitutional rights—were unconvincing and unsupported by evidence. The Court reaffirmed that its power under the slip rule is strictly limited to correcting accidental slips or omissions to give effect to its original intention, not to revisit or reverse substantive decisions or correct alleged errors of law. The Court found that its order in the Kigula case, commuting death sentences to life imprisonment without remission for those whos…
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Amudo v Secretary General of the East African Community [2015] EACJ 112 (25 May 2015) (Appellate Division)
The court dismissed a review application, holding that the applicant failed to show any error apparent on the face of the record and was effectively re-arguing the appeal.
British American Tobacco Uganda LTD v Mwijabuki & 4 Ors [2014] UGSC 15 (10 July 2014)
The Supreme Court of Uganda dismissed a post-judgment application seeking to treat UGX 4.3 billion paid to the respondents’ former advocates as part-payment of the decretal sum.
Serapio Rukundo v Attorney General (Consitutional Case No. 3 of 1997) [1997] UGCA 6 (18 December 1997)
The Court of Appeal struck out a constitutional petition as time-barred, improperly brought against the Attorney General, and disclosing no cause of action.
