Uganda
Sign in
Uganda Source-linked decisions Coverage checked

Uganda Case Law

Search judgments by proposition, citation, court, judge or legal topic, then move directly into the source-grounded case analysis.

Courts on this page
3 court collections
Last checked

Uganda decisions

Decisions matching the current search

Clear filters
Civil Procedure [2022] UGHCFD 14

Hajji Kasozi v Nalwoga

Hajji Kasozi v Nalwoga (Civil Revision 4 of 2018) [2022] UGHCFD 14 (14 March 2022)

The High Court dismissed a revision application, holding that the applicant had not shown jurisdictional error or material irregularity by the magistrate.

  • Revision Of Magistrate Decision
  • Jurisdiction Of Magistrate
  • Mohammedan Marriage
  • Divorce Proceedings
  • Matrimonial Property Division
  • Revision-of-magistrate-decision
Read case analysis
Civil Procedure [2021] UGHC 30

Hajji Kasozi v Nalwoga Nakato

Hajji Kasozi v Nalwoga Nakato (Civil Revision 4 of 2018) [2021] UGHC 30 (31 March 2021)

The High Court dismissed an application to revise a magistrate’s divorce decision, holding that the applicant had not shown grounds under section 83 of the Civil Procedure Act.

  • Revision Jurisdiction
  • Divorce Proceedings
  • Magistrate Court Powers
  • Mohammedan Marriage
  • Matrimonial Property
  • Appeal Vs Revision
Read case analysis
Family And Children [2013] UGHCFD 3

Nabawanuka v Makumbi (Divorce Cause No. 39 of 2011)

Nabawanuka v Makumbi (Divorce Cause No. 39 of 2011) [2013] UGHCFD 3 (13 February 2013)

The High Court held that a prior Sharia Court divorce decision made the petition res judicata and also found the petition incompetent for seeking Divorce Act reliefs in a Mohammedan marriage.

  • Divorce Procedure
  • Res Judicata
  • Mohammedan Marriage
  • Jurisdiction Of Sharia Courts
  • Res-judicata
  • Divorce-procedure
Read case analysis
Family And Children [1946] EACA 12

Bacho v Bolia

Bacho v Bolia (Civil Appeal No. 4 of 1946) [1946] EACA 12 (1 January 1946)

The East African Court of Appeal held that Article 17 of the Tanganyika Order in Council, 1920 did not confer jurisdiction to dissolve a Mohammedan marriage.

  • Mohammedan Marriage
  • Divorce Jurisdiction
  • High Court Powers
  • Family-law
  • Marriage-dissolution
  • Jurisdiction
Read case analysis

About this JurisAssist collection

Uganda decisions are organised by court, judge, legal area and indexed issue so a practitioner can move from a proposition to a citable authority with the surrounding context intact.