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Mileva v KCB Bank Uganda Limited (Miscellaneous Application 1194 of 2023) [2024] UGCommC 99 (30 April 2024)
The High Court ordered KCB Bank Uganda Limited to produce its internet banking policy and related e-banking terms for discovery in a negligence and banker-customer dispute.
Cairo International Bank Limited v Luyimbazi (Civil Suit 555 of 2018) [2024] UGCommC 298 (19 April 2024)
The High Court held that the defendant breached a cheque discounting arrangement and owed the bank Ug.shs. 90,780,076, plus damages, interest, and costs.
KCB Bank Uganda v Alinda (Civil Appeal 37 of 2018) [2024] UGHCCD 22 (29 January 2024)
The High Court found that the trial magistrate properly evaluated the evidence, including expert reports and the Electoral Commission letter, and was justified in rejecting inconclusive or untested evidence linking the respondent to fraud. The court affirmed that the bank-customer relationship imposes a fiduciary duty on the bank to exercise due care and diligence, and that a finding of negligence could arise from breach of this duty even if not explicitly pleaded. The appellant, having alleged fraud, bore the burden of proving it to a higher standard than the ordinary balance of probabilitie…
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Mushari v DFCU Bank Limited (by substitution) (Civil Appeal No. 188 of 2013) [2022] UGCA 222 (9 August 2022)
The Court of Appeal allowed a second appeal over disputed bank withdrawals, finding errors in the first appellate court’s treatment of the mandate, handwriting evidence, and costs.
Atiku v Centenary Rural Development Bank Limited (Civil Suit 754 of 2020) [2022] UGCommC 146 (18 July 2022)
The court dismissed a bank customer’s claim over alleged unauthorized mobile banking withdrawals, finding she had signed up for the service and bore the loss.
Barclays Bank of Uganda Ltd. v Gamuli Tukahirwa (Civil Appeal No. 12 of 2015) [2015] UGHC 21 (13 November 2015)
The High Court held Barclays Bank liable for a fraudulent cheque debit, dismissed the appeal, and increased general damages to UGX 60 million.
Buyondo Kamugunda v Bank of Baroda Uganda Limited (Civil Appeal 66 of 2002) [2004] UGCA 32 (21 April 2004)
The majority of the Court of Appeal found that the respondent bank was negligent in opening an account in the names of Ham Kamugunda and Godfrey Katanywa without adequate verification, especially given the substantial amount and the government origin of the cheque. The introduction by a mere customer was insufficient, and the bank should have required a more authoritative introduction. The evidence established that the cheque was compensation for land expropriated from the deceased, and the bank admitted collecting and crediting the funds to the account. The burden of proof shifted to the ban…
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