Uganda Case Law

Kehooda & Another v Lyamujungu Cooperative Financial Services Ltd & Others (Revision Application 2 of 2025)

Kehooda & Another v Lyamujungu Cooperative Financial Services Ltd & Others (Revision Application 2 of 2025) [2025] UGHC 280 (14 May 2025)

Court

High Court of Uganda

Case number

Revision Application 2 of 2025

Judge

Karoli Lwanga Ssemogerere, J

The High Court held that the Chief Magistrate’s Court lacked jurisdiction to enforce the arbitral award, quashed the execution proceedings, and ordered fresh filing in the High Court.

• Arbitral Award Enforcement
• Court Jurisdiction
• Revision Proceedings
• Execution Of Judgments
• Arbitral-award-enforcement
• Court-jurisdiction

Oyet and Others v Lodik

Oyet and Others v Lodik (Miscellaneous Civil Revision 22 of 2023) [2023] UGHCCD 311 (5 September 2023)

Court

HC: Civil Division (Uganda)

Case number

Miscellaneous Civil Revision 22 of 2023

Judge

Mwaka, J

The High Court at Gulu granted leave to withdraw a revision application and ordered each party to bear its own costs, finding no prejudice to the respondent.

• Withdrawal Of Application
• Costs Orders
• Revision Proceedings
• Withdrawal-of-application
• Costs-orders
• Civil-procedure

Oyet Sisto Ocen, Okongo Geoffrey & Lukoya Alex v Lodik Daniel Warren

Oyet Sisto Ocen, Okongo Geoffrey & Lukoya Alex v Lodik Daniel Warren (Miscellaneous Civil Revision 22 of 2023) [2023] UGHC 206 (5 September 2023)

Court

High Court of Uganda

Case number

Miscellaneous Civil Revision 22 of 2023

Judge

Mwaka, J

The High Court granted leave to withdraw a revision application, found no prejudice to the respondent, awarded no costs, and returned the main file to the magistrate's court.

• Withdrawal Of Application
• Costs Orders
• Revision Proceedings
• Withdrawal-of-application
• Costs-orders
• Civil-procedure

Zirungura v Mutebe (Revision Cause No. 23 of 2021)

Zirungura v Mutebe (Revision Cause No. 23 of 2021) [2022] UGHCLD 232 (30 November 2022)

Court

HC: Land Division (Uganda)

Case number

Revision Cause No. 23 of 2021

Judge

Kazaarwe, J

The High Court set aside a magistrate’s order for security for costs in a land recovery suit, finding it was made with material irregularity and injustice.

• Security For Costs
• Revision Proceedings
• Material Irregularity
• Land Recovery
• Frivolous And Vexatious Suits
• Security-for-costs

Aids Health Foundation Uganda Cares v Dr. Stephen Mirembe Kizito

Aids Health Foundation Uganda Cares v Dr. Stephen Mirembe Kizito (Civil Appeal No. 59 of 2014) [2021] UGCA 12 (1 April 2021)

Court

Court of Appeal of Uganda

Case number

Civil Appeal No. 59 of 2014

Judge

Kiryabwire, JA, Mulyagonja, JA, Musoke, JA

The Court of Appeal set aside damages awarded in revision, holding that the High Court could not assess damages without hearing evidence and should have confined itself to the jurisdictional error.

• Unlawful Termination
• Jurisdiction Of Magistrates Courts
• Revision Proceedings
• Award Of Damages
• Right To Fair Hearing
• Court-of-appeal

Walukaaga v Kabanda (Misc. Cause No. 185 of 2014)

Walukaaga v Kabanda (Misc. Cause No. 185 of 2014) [2015] UGHCCD 116 (30 September 2015)

Court

HC: Civil Division (Uganda)

Case number

Misc. Cause No. 185 of 2014

Judge

Musota, J

The court held that judicial review is not the proper remedy in this case because the applicant was challenging the decisions of a Magistrate's court, for which the law provides a specific remedy—revision under Section 83 of the Civil Procedure Act. Judicial review is only available where no adequate alternative remedy exists, and in this case, the applicant should have pursued revision proceedings to address alleged jurisdictional errors or irregularities. The respondent did not make the decisions complained of; rather, they were made by the trial Magistrate. The application for judicial rev…

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• Judicial Review
• Alternative Remedy
• Jurisdiction Of Magistrates Court
• Revision Proceedings

Angutuko v Uganda

Angutuko v Uganda (Criminal Revision 39 of 1991) [1995] UGHC 57 (28 February 1995)

Court

High Court of Uganda

Case number

Criminal Revision 39 of 1991

Judges

GM OKELLO, J

The High Court declined revision, holding that where an appeal lay but was not brought, revision was unavailable. It also found no record basis to question the accused’s sanity or guilty plea.

• Revision Proceedings
• Plea Of Guilty
• Mental Health Defence
• Sentencing
• Appeal Rights
• Criminal-revision