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Pan Africa Logistics Limited v Sophie Shipping Logistics Limited (COMPANY CAUSE NO. 28 OF 2015) [2017] UGHCCD 160 (7 July 2017)
The High Court partly allowed a winding-up petition, ordered payment of the admitted USD 27,302.16 debt, and dismissed jurisdiction and prematurity objections.
Transstrack v Damco Logistics Uganda Ltd (Miscellaneous Application No. 394 of 2010) [2011] UGCommC 202 (8 April 2011)
The High Court of Uganda's jurisdiction is constitutional and statutory and cannot be ousted by a contractual clause. While parties may agree to submit disputes to the exclusive jurisdiction of foreign courts, such clauses do not automatically deprive the High Court of its jurisdiction; rather, the court retains discretion to enforce the contract or stay proceedings. Furthermore, only parties to the contract may invoke or be bound by its jurisdiction clause. In this case, the relevant contract was between Transtrac Ltd and Maersk Uganda Limited, and neither the respondent nor the plaintiff in…
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