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Ambrose Kagangure v DFCU Bank Limited and Akright Projects Ltd (Civil Suit 388 of 2012) [2025] UGHCCD 76 (20 June 2025)
The High Court dismissed a land and mortgage dispute for want of a cause of action, holding that the plaintiff had sold the property and granted a valid power of attorney.
Ssempereza v Mukasa and Another (Civil Application 255 of 2024) [2024] UGCA 225 (27 August 2024)
The Court of Appeal granted a temporary injunction preserving disputed land pending determination of the underlying application, finding a prima facie case and irreparable harm.
Ms Kimanje Nsibambi Advocates v Tamale and Another (Misc Cause 145 of 2020) [2024] UGHCLD 168 (24 June 2024)
The High Court allowed taxation of an advocate-client bill of costs, finding no enforceable remuneration agreement, but held the respondents had instructed the firm through agents.
Samuel Mubiru Kizito v Edward Sekabanja Kato T/A Sekabanja & Co. Advocates (Miscellaneous Application 1844 of 2022) [2024] UGCommC 12 (1 February 2024)
The applicant failed to attach an executed and registered power of attorney to both the plaint and the application, thereby failing to establish locus standi to institute the suit and application on behalf of Shandong Industrial (U) Ltd. The pleadings were not properly drafted to reflect the applicant's legal capacity, and the suit should have been brought in the name of the principal, not the agent. In the absence of proof of authority, the suit and application were incompetent and disclosed no cause of action. Consequently, both the main suit and the application were struck out and dismisse…
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Kalema Josephine Nalongo (Suing through her lawful attorney Semanda George William) v Kiir Gai & Nyando Patricia (Civil Suit 856 of 2019) [2024] UGCommC 3 (29 January 2024)
The High Court in Kampala struck out a commercial suit because the person who filed it for the plaintiff lacked a registered power of attorney and therefore had no locus standi.
Waswa v Nakayima (Civil Suit 1050 of 2021) [2023] UGHCLD 412 (25 October 2023)
The High Court held that a donee of power of attorney cannot sue in his own name; the principal must be named in the pleadings, and the suit was dismissed.
Kiboko Enterprise Limited v Kimbugwe (Miscellaneous Application 139 of 2023) [2023] UGIC 57 (29 January 2023)
The Industrial Court overruled objections on appeal timing, instructions, and authority, then granted an interim stay of execution pending the main application.
Nantumbwe and Another (as administrators of the estate of late male) v Namazzi and 10 Others ( as administrators of the estate of late Patwe) (Miscellaneous Civil Application No. 165 of 2021) [2022] UGHCCD 20 (20 January 2022)
The court overruled a preliminary objection, holding that the written authority and power of attorney were valid and that the application was competently before court.
Nantunbwe and Another v Namazzi and 10 Others (HC Miscellaneous Application 165 of 2021) [2022] UGHCCD 324 (20 January 2022)
The High Court overruled a preliminary objection, holding that a power of attorney was valid upon execution and that registration did not affect authority to swear an affidavit.
Muhumuza v Kiparu (Civil Appeal No. 36 of 2015) [2020] UGHC 47 (28 April 2020)
The court found that the power of attorney under which the respondent appointed Ezra Kanyemwenge was executed by an illiterate person and did not comply with section 3 of the Illiterate Protection Act. The absence of a certificate of translation and proper attestation rendered the power of attorney void. Consequently, all actions and testimony by the attorney in the lower court were also void. The trial in the lower court was fundamentally flawed as the respondent's participation was not in accordance with the law, resulting in a miscarriage of justice. The judgment of the lower court was set…
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