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Civil Procedure [2025] UGHC 74

Mugisha & 7 Others v Ndyahabwa

Mugisha & 7 Others v Ndyahabwa (Miscellaneous Application 59 of 2020) [2025] UGHC 74 (27 February 2025)

The High Court dismissed a revision application challenging a Magistrate Grade One’s jurisdiction, holding the plaint was properly amended to state a value within limits.

  • Pecuniary Jurisdiction
  • Revision Of Magistrate Decisions
  • Customary Land Disputes
  • Preliminary Objection
  • Contempt Of Court
  • Pecuniary-jurisdiction
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Civil Procedure [2024] UGHC 296

Ssentongo v Mugabe & Another

Ssentongo v Mugabe & Another (Civil Revision 10 of 2021) [2024] UGHC 296 (25 April 2024)

High Court revised and set aside a Magistrate Grade One election ruling for lack of jurisdiction, restoring the applicant as the validly elected woman councillor.

  • Jurisdiction Of Magistrates
  • Local Government Election Petitions
  • Revision Of Magistrate Decisions
  • Election-petitions
  • Jurisdiction
  • Civil-revision
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Civil Procedure [2023] UGHCCD 249

Omugabe v Tumwesigye

Omugabe v Tumwesigye (Civil Miscellaneous Application 10 of 2023) [2023] UGHCCD 249 (31 August 2023)

The High Court set aside a small claims judgment after finding the parties had a valid arbitration clause and the dispute should first have gone to arbitration.

  • Arbitration Clauses
  • Jurisdiction Of Courts
  • Revision Of Magistrate Decisions
  • Stay Of Execution
  • Arbitration-clause
  • Jurisdiction
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Civil Procedure [2022] UGHC 137

Orishaba v Rutandaro

Orishaba v Rutandaro (Civil Revision 20 of 2021) [2022] UGHC 137 (13 December 2022)

The High Court dismissed an application to revise an ex parte judgment, holding that the complaint concerned errors within jurisdiction and not revisional grounds.

  • Revision Of Magistrate Decisions
  • Ex Parte Judgment
  • Jurisdictional Errors
  • Affidavit Of Service
  • Right To Fair Hearing
  • Civil-procedure
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Land And Property [2012] UGHC 128

Emulu v Akello (Hct-09-cv-cr. No. 006/2011)

Emulu v Akello (Hct-09-cv-cr. No. 006/2011) [2012] UGHC 128 (9 July 2012)

The High Court set aside lower-court orders in a land dispute after finding the LC II court had no jurisdiction to hear the case as a first-instance court.

  • Local Council Court Jurisdiction
  • Customary Land Disputes
  • Revision Of Magistrate Decisions
  • Local-council-court-jurisdiction
  • Customary-land-disputes
  • Revision-of-magistrate-decisions
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