Uganda Case Law

Queen v Chairman and Members of the Central Rent Control Board; Ex Parte: Corbett Limited

Queen v Chairman and Members of the Central Rent Control Board; Ex Parte: Corbett Limited (Civil Proceeding No. 14 of 1955) [1955] EACA 137 (1 January 1955)

Court

East African Court of Appeal

Case number

Civil Proceeding No. 14 of 1955

Judge

De Lestang J

The Court held that the Rent Control Board acted within its jurisdiction in assessing the standard rent in 1948, and there was no denial of natural justice since the applicant was given an opportunity to provide information and participate in the process. The Board's procedure was consistent with the requirements for quasi-judicial tribunals, which are not obliged to hold oral hearings but must allow parties to correct or contradict prejudicial statements. The application for certiorari failed on the merits, as no error of law appeared on the face of the record, and the assessment was not sho…

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• Prerogative Writs
• Rent Control
• Certiorari And Mandamus
• Natural Justice
• Quasi Judicial Tribunals
• Standard Rent Assessment

Souza v Sharma

Souza v Sharma (Civil Appeal No. 339 of 1952) [1953] EACA 4 (1 January 1953)

Court

East African Court of Appeal

Case number

Civil Appeal No. 339 of 1952

Judge

Windham J

The court upheld a rent board’s lower construction-cost estimate for standard rent, finding it could reject expert evidence where it had rational reasons grounded in the record.

• Rent Control
• Standard Rent Assessment
• Expert Evidence
• Judicial Discretion
• Rent-control
• Standard-rent

Dhir

Dhir (Civil Appeal No. 1118 of 1951) [1952] EACA 296 (1 January 1952)

Court

East African Court of Appeal

Case number

Civil Appeal No. 1118 of 1951

Judge

Rudd J

The East African Court of Appeal held that rent-control “premises” must be tied to actual or proposed lettings, and upheld discretion to fix standard rent below 10%.

• Standard Rent Assessment
• Definition Of Premises
• Rent Control Apportionment
• Statutory Interpretation
• Decontrol Of Premises
• Standard-rent-assessment

Rahim and Bros v Central Rent Control Board

Rahim and Bros v Central Rent Control Board (Civil Appeal No. 379 of 1951) [1951] EACA 326 (1 January 1951)

Court

East African Court of Appeal

Case number

Civil Appeal No. 379 of 1951

Judge

Bourke J

The court held that each separately let part of the house was a dwelling house under the rent ordinance, so rent could be apportioned and the appeal failed.

• Rent Control
• Standard Rent Assessment
• Apportionment Of Rent
• Dwelling House Definition
• Rent-control
• Standard-rent-assessment