Uganda Case Law

Byaruhanga Barigye v Tumusiime Kabega and Co. Advocates and Another (Labour Dispute Miscellaneous Application 206 of 2019)

Byaruhanga Barigye v Tumusiime Kabega and Co. Advocates and Another (Labour Dispute Miscellaneous Application 206 of 2019) [2020] UGIC 57 (25 February 2020)

Court

Industrial Court of Uganda

Case number

Labour Dispute Miscellaneous Application 206 of 2019

Judge

Ruhinda-Ntengye, J, Tumusiime-Mugisha, J, Bwire, Panel Member, Mavunwa, Panel Member, Nyachwo panel member

The court found that Regulation 9 of the Advocates (Professional Conduct) Regulations prohibits an advocate from appearing as counsel in a matter where they are likely to be called as a witness. In this case, Mr. Macdosman Kabega, a partner in Tumusiime Kabega & Co. Advocates and Director of Kampala Cement Co. Limited, was singled out as a potential witness by the Applicant in the main employment dispute. The court held that while the Applicant did not list Mr. Kabega as a witness in the memorandum of claim, there is no legal bar to seeking leave to call additional witnesses. The likelihood o…

Source excerpt

• Conflict Of Interest
• Professional Conduct Of Advocates
• Right To Legal Representation
• Witness Disqualification