Uganda Case Law

Nyambura & Another v Three Way Shipping Group Limited

Nyambura & Another v Three Way Shipping Group Limited (Miscellaneous Cause 120 of 2023) [2024] UGHCCD 143 (6 September 2024)

Court

HC: Civil Division (Uganda)

Case number

Miscellaneous Cause 120 of 2023

Judge

Musa Ssekaana, J

The High Court of Uganda registered a Kenyan magistrates’ court judgment under the Foreign Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act and ordered it executable in Uganda.

• Foreign Judgment Enforcement
• Reciprocal Enforcement
• Registration Of Foreign Judgments
• Judgment Creditor Rights
• Foreign-judgment-enforcement
• Reciprocal-enforcement

Likhari v Attorney General

Likhari v Attorney General (MISCELLANEOUS CAUSE NO. 3 OF 2020) [2020] UGHCCD 77 (7 February 2020)

Court

HC: Civil Division (Uganda)

Case number

MISCELLANEOUS CAUSE NO. 3 OF 2020

Judge

Nambayo, J

The court held that the enforcement of a foreign judgment in Uganda is governed by the Foreign Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act, which requires that such a judgment be registered in the High Court before any execution can be carried out. In this case, the judgment and decree from the Juba County Court in South Sudan were not registered in Uganda, and there was no evidence of compliance with the statutory requirements. Consequently, the actions of Interpol and the Uganda Police in arresting the applicant and placing him on police bond based on an unregistered foreign judgment were unlawf…

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• Foreign Judgment Enforcement
• Extradition Procedure
• Reciprocal Enforcement
• Registration Of Foreign Judgments

Transroad Ltd v Bank of Uganda

Transroad Ltd v Bank of Uganda (Civil Appeal 30 of 1995) [1996] UGSC 26 (4 March 1996)

Court

Supreme Court of Uganda

Case number

Civil Appeal 30 of 1995

Judge

Manyindo, DCJ, Odoki, JSC, Oder, JSC

The Supreme Court allowed an appeal over extension of time to register an English judgment, holding the High Court dealt with registrability too early.

• Registration Of Foreign Judgments
• Extension Of Time
• Reciprocal Enforcement
• Contractual Debt
• Jurisdictional Submission
• Foreign-judgment-registration