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Employment And Labour [2023] UGSC 17

Bank of Uganda v Nantale and Another

Bank of Uganda v Nantale and Another (Civil Appeal 25 of 2020) [2023] UGSC 17 (25 July 2023)

The Supreme Court dismissed Bank of Uganda’s appeal, upholding awards for pension-related general damages and interest, and rejecting a late bias objection.

  • Pension Entitlements
  • General Damages
  • Interest Awards
  • Recusal Of Judicial Officers
  • Pension-entitlements
  • General-damages
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Employment And Labour [2023] UGHC 277

Biryomumaisho & 2 Others v Ibanda District Local Government

Biryomumaisho & 2 Others v Ibanda District Local Government (Civil Suit 91 of 2018) [2023] UGHC 277 (20 April 2023)

The High Court dismissed a claim for pension and gratuity arrears, holding the plaintiffs failed to prove entitlement to payment based on salary scale U7 upper.

  • Pension Entitlements
  • Gratuity Computation
  • Salary Scale Disputes
  • Public Service Employment
  • Pension-entitlements
  • Gratuity-computation
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Civil Procedure [2022] UGHCCD 326

Attorney General v Kasule and 1022 Others

Attorney General v Kasule and 1022 Others (Miscellaneous Application 43 of 2010) [2022] UGHCCD 326 (4 December 2022)

The High Court reviewed and corrected its earlier ruling on former KCC workers’ benefits, set aside the consent variation order, and dismissed the consolidated applications.

  • Review Of Judgment
  • Consent Judgment
  • Public Service Employment
  • Terminal Benefits
  • Pension Entitlements
  • Local Government Transition
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Employment And Labour [2022] UGCA 167

Uganda Railway Corporation v Kasolo Kiberu and 128 Others

Uganda Railway Corporation v Kasolo Kiberu and 128 Others (Civil Appeal No. 30 of 2014) [2022] UGCA 167 (20 June 2022)

The Court of Appeal held that Uganda Railways Corporation was not liable for pension benefits for pre-1 July 1977 EARC service, but upheld general damages.

  • Pension Entitlements
  • Terminal Benefits
  • Successor Liability
  • Estoppel
  • Costs Award
  • Pension-entitlements
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Employment And Labour [2021] UGIC 16

Assusi v Uganda Electricity Board (Labour Dispute Claim 15 of 2015)

Assusi v Uganda Electricity Board (Labour Dispute Claim 15 of 2015) [2021] UGIC 16 (25 February 2021)

The Industrial Court held that the claimant’s pension and terminal benefits claim was time barred and unsupported on the merits, dismissing the claim.

  • Limitation Periods
  • Pension Entitlements
  • Termination Of Employment
  • Abandonment Of Duty
  • Employment-law
  • Limitation-periods
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Employment And Labour [2021] UGIC 1

Hatega v Attorney General and Anor (Labour Dispute Claim 19 of 2014)

Hatega v Attorney General and Anor (Labour Dispute Claim 19 of 2014) [2021] UGIC 1 (22 January 2021)

The court partly allowed a widow’s labour claim, rejecting accumulated pension and survivor’s benefit claims, but awarding death gratuity, damages, interest, and costs.

  • Pension Entitlements
  • Death Gratuity
  • Survivors Benefits
  • Statutory Interpretation
  • Pension-entitlements
  • Death-gratuity
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Administrative Law [2019] UGHCCD 262

Rwakoma v Makerere University & Another

Rwakoma v Makerere University & Another (MISCELLANEOUS CAUSE NO. 153 OF 2014 & APPLICATION NO. 812 OF 2017) [2019] UGHCCD 262 (27 June 2019)

The court found that the applicant retired on 30th April 2012 and was entitled to benefits under the University Retirement Benefits Scheme and Deposit Administration Plan, but not the in-house retirement benefits scheme (IHRBS), as she had not completed ten years of service by the scheme's closure on 31st March 2009. The Human Resource office was directed to verify whether the applicant received all her due benefits under the DAP and University scheme, and to pay any outstanding amounts. The applicant's claim for repatriation/transport costs was referred to the Human Resource office for deter…

  • Judicial Review
  • Retirement Benefits
  • Pension Entitlements
  • Natural Justice
  • Statutory Duties
  • Contempt Of Court
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Administrative Law [2016] AfCHPR 35

Omary and Others v United Republic of Tanzania (Application 001/2012)

Omary and Others v United Republic of Tanzania (Application 001/2012) [2016] AfCHPR 35 (3 June 2016)

The Court found that the documents submitted by the Applicants as new evidence—including correspondence with the Chief Justice, newspaper articles, reports from the Tanzania Legal and Human Rights Centre, and other annexures—were either already presented and considered in the initial proceedings or were publicly available prior to the original judgment. The only document produced for the first time, a newspaper article dated 16 March 2011, was deemed not to have any bearing on the exhaustion of local remedies or undue prolongation, as it did not demonstrate that remedies were exercised or att…

  • Exhaustion Of Local Remedies
  • Right To Fair Trial
  • Pension Entitlements
  • Undue Delay
  • Admissibility Of Review
  • New Evidence Standard
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Civil Procedure [2014] UGHCCD 42

Nakilyowa v Attorney General (Misc Application No. 320 of 2013)

Nakilyowa v Attorney General (Misc Application No. 320 of 2013) [2014] UGHCCD 42 (20 March 2014)

The High Court refused default judgment, holding that a pending application to file a defence out of time meant the respondent should not be condemned unheard.

  • Default Judgment
  • Pension Entitlements
  • Failure To File Defence
  • Extension Of Time
  • Employee Rights
  • Default-judgment
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Employment And Labour [2008] UGCA 29

Mavunwa Edison and Another v Uganda Electricity Generation Company Limited

Mavunwa Edison and Another v Uganda Electricity Generation Company Limited (Civil Appeal No. 96 of 2004) [2008] UGCA 29 (1 January 2008)

The Court of Appeal held that the successor electricity company was liable for pension rights earned under UEB, allowed the appeal, and set aside the High Court ruling.

  • Successor Liability
  • Pension Entitlements
  • Termination Benefits
  • Preliminary Objection
  • Change Of Employer
  • Statutory Interpretation
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