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Bwanika Trevor Lukanga v Kiyingi Hannington and Another (Miscellaneous Application 240 of 2024) [2025] UGHC 371 (29 May 2025)
The High Court struck out a land recovery suit for lack of locus standi and limitation, holding that the attorneys’ powers were incompetent and the claim was time-barred.
Akello & Others v Egole & 7 Others (Miscellaneous Application 105 of 2024) [2025] UGHC 12 (17 January 2025)
The court held that the omission of the Attorney General, a party to the consent order sought to be reviewed and set aside, was fatal to the application. Proceeding in the absence of the Attorney General would violate the right to a fair hearing as protected by the Constitution. Even if the application were considered on its merits, the applicant failed to demonstrate that she or her colleagues were aggrieved by the consent order, as there was no evidence that the addition of the respondents as plaintiffs deprived them of their entitlements under the decree. The applicant also failed to prove…
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Onyango & 4 Others v Odongo & 5 Others (Miscellaneous Application 79 of 2023) [2024] UGHC 1119 (27 December 2024)
High Court application for stay of execution pending appeal was dismissed after the court found no imminent threat of execution or sufficient cause.
Basiima and 2 Others (On Behalf of 138 Claimants) v Attorney General and Another (Miscellaneous Application 465 of 2018) [2024] UGHCCD 44 (28 March 2024)
The High Court partly reviewed a consent judgment on terminal benefits, allowing relief for 18 verified claimants but refusing claims by 108 others and 13 unverified claimants.
Radio One Limited T/a Radio One Kampala and 31 Others v Attorney General and Another (Originating Summons 3 of 2021) [2024] UGHCCD 51 (1 February 2024)
The court found that the 2nd Defendant had no statutory mandate to levy trade license fees from the Plaintiffs, who are already licensed and regulated by the Uganda Communications Commission. The impugned statutory instrument was declared illegal, ultra vires, and amounted to double taxation, as established by prior unappealed court decisions. The Minister of Trade's communications and the Attorney General's admissions confirmed that radio and television services should have been excluded from the amendments. The Plaintiffs were entitled to a refund of all sums paid under the illegal levy, as…
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Nalwanga and Others v The Administrator of the Estate of the Late Muwanga Yoweri Kaddu (Miscellaneous Application 983 of 2023) [2023] UGHCLD 195 (11 July 2023)
The High Court refused to vary an order requiring personal service and declined to permit newspaper advertisement, finding no proof of attempted service.
Kakooza and 16 Others v Sheraton Kampala Hotel (Labour Dispute Reference 202 of 2022) [2023] UGIC 14 (2 May 2023)
The Industrial Court held that the Civil Procedure Rules, specifically Order 1 Rule 8, apply to proceedings before it where the Labour Dispute (Arbitration and Settlement) Act and its rules are silent. The court found that the claim was a representative action because the claimants had a common interest regarding their termination and sought similar reliefs. However, the claimants failed to obtain a representative order as required by Order 1 Rule 8, and the memorandum of claim did not clearly identify all parties to the suit. The court emphasized that compliance with the procedural requireme…
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Kasegu (through Administrator) and Others v Kaahwa (Civil Appeal No. 106 of 2022) [2022] UGHCFD 8 (22 December 2022)
The High Court found that the trial magistrate properly admitted and relied on the testimony of witnesses at locus in quo, as permitted by law and at the request of the appellants' counsel. The sale of the suit land by the families of Deema and Karoli to the respondent was valid under customary law, as inheritance is a recognized form of property acquisition in Uganda, and there was no evidence of contest from the deceased's beneficiaries. The requirement for letters of administration under the Succession Act does not apply to customary inheritance and subsequent sale where there is uncontest…
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Tullow Oil (U) Operations pty ( total exp (U) and Another v Kaahwa (Civil Appeal No. 11 of 2022) [2022] UGHCCD 209 (20 October 2022)
The High Court dismissed an appeal over ownership of land used for an oil access road, holding that the respondent proved lawful allocation and the appellants did not prove communal ownership.
Mangafu and 12 Others v Agilis Ranch 20 and 21 Limited and 3 Others (Misc Cause No. 11 of 2020) [2022] UGHCCD 212 (20 October 2022)
The court found that the application was a disguised representative action brought under the Human Rights (Enforcement) Act and the Judicature (Fundamental Rights and Other Freedoms (Enforcement Procedure) Rules, 2019, but failed to comply with the mandatory requirements for representative actions under Order 1 Rule 8 of the Civil Procedure Rules, including identification and notification of all persons represented. The amended Notice of Motion was filed and served without valid supporting affidavits, and the affidavits later filed were incurably defective due to improper commissioning and de…
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