GP Advocates v Attorney General
GP Advocates v Attorney General (Miscellaneous Cause 108 of 2024) [2024] UGHCCD 113 (19 July 2024)
The court found that the applicant law firm had a longstanding advocate-client relationship with the UPTC pensioners, who had expressly authorized the deduction of 20% of their pension arrears as legal fees. The court recognized the practical difficulties in recovering fees from individual pensioners scattered across Uganda and the unique circumstances where the only source of payment was the pension arrears awarded by consent judgment. While the Pensions Act generally prohibits assignment of pension, the court held that the facts were exceptional and that the deduction was not from monthly p…
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- Advocate Client Relationship
- Legal Fees Recovery
- Pension Arrears Deduction
- Consent Judgment Enforcement