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Civil Procedure [2025] UGHC 420

Okot Martine Obwolo v Pader District Local Government

Okot Martine Obwolo v Pader District Local Government (Miscellaneous Cause 14 of 2023) [2025] UGHC 420 (4 June 2025)

The High Court declined the applicant’s oral request to cross-examine three deponents in a judicial review challenge to a district recruitment exercise.

  • Judicial Review Procedure
  • Cross Examination In Affidavit Evidence
  • District Service Commission Recruitment
  • Extension Of Time
  • Procedural Irregularities
  • Judicial-review
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Administrative Law [2025] UGHC 372

Okot Martine Obwolo v Pader District Local Government

Okot Martine Obwolo v Pader District Local Government (Miscellaneous Cause No. 014 of 2023) [2025] UGHC 372 (4 June 2025)

The High Court at Kitgum refused the applicant’s request to cross-examine deponents in a judicial review matter about district recruitment irregularities.

  • Judicial Review Procedure
  • Public Service Recruitment
  • Cross Examination In Affidavit Evidence
  • Discretion Of Court
  • Judicial-review
  • Public-service-recruitment
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Civil Procedure [2025] UGHC 368

Turyamureeba Julius and Others v Nakaseke District Local Government

Turyamureeba Julius and Others v Nakaseke District Local Government (Miscellaneous Cause 10 of 2024) [2025] UGHC 368 (2 June 2025)

The High Court held that Rule 7(3) of the Judicial Review Rules did not impose a 56-day deadline for the respondent’s initial affidavit in reply, and overruled the objection.

  • Judicial Review Procedure
  • Affidavit Timelines
  • Preliminary Objection
  • Judicial-review
  • Affidavit-timelines
  • Preliminary-objection
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Employment And Labour [2025] UGHCCD 51

Mugabi v Uganda Tourism Board and Ajarova

Mugabi v Uganda Tourism Board and Ajarova (Judicial Review Cause No. 016 of 2024) [2025] UGHCCD 51 (3 April 2025)

The High Court quashed Claire Nassali Mugabi’s dismissal from Uganda Tourism Board, holding the CEO lacked authority and breached natural justice.

  • Unfair Dismissal
  • Natural Justice
  • Judicial Review Procedure
  • Disciplinary Processes
  • Judicial-review
  • Natural-justice
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Administrative Law [2025] UGHCCD 28

Wall v Uganda Law Society & Another (Review Cause 49 of 2024)

Wall v Uganda Law Society & Another (Review Cause 49 of 2024) [2025] UGHCCD 28 (14 February 2025)

The court found that the Uganda Law Society Elections Committee failed to comply with mandatory statutory requirements by setting the election date less than the required twenty-one days after nominations, rendering the process illegal. The applicant was excluded from the final nomination list without being accorded a fair hearing, in breach of the principles of fairness and natural justice enshrined in the Uganda Law Society (Elections) Regulations and the Constitution. The purported hearing was a mere formality and did not meet the standards of procedural fairness. The respondents, having d…

  • Judicial Review Procedure
  • Fair Hearing
  • Functus Officio
  • Electoral Process
  • Natural Justice
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Civil Procedure [2025] UGHCCD 3

Uganda Law Society & Another v Tumukunde & Another

Uganda Law Society & Another v Tumukunde & Another (Miscellaneous Application 1178 of 2024) [2025] UGHCCD 3 (17 January 2025)

The High Court dismissed an application to join the Attorney General, holding it was filed before the applicants had entered appearance in the main judicial review case.

  • Joinder Of Parties
  • Judicial Review Procedure
  • Locus Standi
  • Natural Justice
  • Joinder-of-parties
  • Judicial-review
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Administrative Law [2024] UGHC 1071

Dr. Sadat Ssemakula Mutyaba Mohmeded v Gulu University

Dr. Sadat Ssemakula Mutyaba Mohmeded v Gulu University (Miscellaneous Application 50 of 2024) [2024] UGHC 1071 (25 November 2024)

The High Court at Gulu dismissed an application for stay, injunction, and prohibition by a dismissed university lecturer, holding that section 57(5) did not assist him.

  • Judicial Review Procedure
  • University Staff Dismissal
  • Internal Appeal Exhaustion
  • Injunctive Relief
  • Stay Of Execution
  • Judicial-review-procedure
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Civil Procedure [2024] UGHC 1072

Dr. Shadat Ssemakula Mutyaba Mohmeded v Gulu University

Dr. Shadat Ssemakula Mutyaba Mohmeded v Gulu University (Miscellaneous Application 48 of 2024) [2024] UGHC 1072 (25 November 2024)

The High Court at Gulu dismissed an application for stay, injunction, and prohibition, holding there was no executable order to stay and no basis to stop the university filling the Dean post.

  • Stay Of Execution
  • Injunctions
  • Prohibition Orders
  • University Employment
  • Judicial Review Procedure
  • Stay-of-execution
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Land And Property [2024] UGHCCD 64

Kateera v Commissioner of Land Registration & 6 Others

Kateera v Commissioner of Land Registration & 6 Others (Miscellaneous Cause 81 of 2023) [2024] UGHCCD 64 (2 May 2024)

The applicant failed to prove a legal or equitable interest in the suit land as a beneficiary of the estate of the late Jonathan Kateera. The caveat was not a valid beneficiary caveat under the law, as the land was registered in the names of living persons, not the estate of a deceased. The respondent followed statutory procedure by issuing notice to the applicant before lapsing the caveat, and there was evidence of proper notification. The subsequent transfers and mortgages were effected by registered proprietors acting within their rights, and the applicant's challenge to their titles was u…

  • Caveat Removal
  • Judicial Review Procedure
  • Beneficiary Rights
  • Title Registration
  • Notice Requirements
  • Administrative Discretion
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Civil Procedure [2024] UGHC 74

Odongping & others v Amuru District Land Board & Others

Odongping & others v Amuru District Land Board & Others (Miscellaneous Cause 15 of 2013) [2024] UGHC 74 (29 February 2024)

The High Court at Gulu struck out a land-related judicial review application for lack of locus standi and abuse of process, and held the suit was not representative.

  • Representative Suits
  • Locus Standi
  • Customary Land Ownership
  • Judicial Review Procedure
  • Abuse Of Court Process
  • Representative-suits
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