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High Court at Kabale Clarifies Principles Governing Leave to Appeal Out of Time and the Distinction Between Review, Revision, and Admission of Additional Evidence on Appeal

The court clarified that an application for enlargement of time to file an appeal is a specific remedy under Section 79(1)(b) of the Civil Procedure Act, which allows an appellate court to admit an appeal for good cause even if the limitation period has elapsed.

The prescribed period for appeal is 30 days under Section 79(1)(a) of the Civil Procedure Act. The court found that the applicant had brought the application under the wrong provision of the law (Section 96 instead of Section 79 of the Civil Procedure Act).

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High Court at Kabale Clarifies Principles Governing Leave to Appeal Out of Time and the Distinction Between Review, Revision, and Admission of Additional Evidence on Appeal The court clarified that while an application for review under Section 82 of the Civil Procedure Act is permissible in certain instances, it is not a license to re-hear the merits of the suit, but rather is limited to correcting errors on the face of the record. Revision under Section 83 of the Civi...

High Court Orders Exhumation and DNA Testing of 26 Alleged Beneficiaries; Says Courts Must Ascertain True Beneficiaries Before Distribution of an Intestate Estate and That a Contested Foreign Divorce Decree Does Not Automatically Defeat Locus Standi

The Court ordered the exhumation of the deceased’s remains and directed that DNA testing be conducted on all twenty-six alleged beneficiaries to conclusively determine parentage before distribution of the estate.

The Court further stayed all distribution of the estate pending receipt and consideration of the DNA results, emphasizing that courts have an independent duty to ascertain the lawful beneficiaries of an estate before distribution.

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High Court Orders Exhumation and DNA Testing of 26 Alleged Beneficiaries; Says Courts Must Ascertain True Beneficiaries Before Distribution of an Intestate Estate and That a Contested Foreign Divorce DNA results are scientific proof of paternity and that the court is more inclined to believe a scientific report over evidence based on social information alone. A sibling kinship test, while not a primary paternity test against the deceased, establishes with forensic precision the probability that....

In his article, “Limitations of Uganda’s Data Protection and Privacy Act (Cap 97): Narrow Scope of Sensitive Data and Lack of Explicit Protections for Biometrics, Genetics, and Location Data,”

explores how these gaps expose individuals to growing privacy risks in an era increasingly shaped by facial recognition technology, DNA profiling, and continuous geolocation tracking.

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Limitations in Uganda’s Data Protection and Privacy Act Cap 97: Narrow Scope of Sensitive Data And Lack of Explicit Protections For Biometrics, Genetics, And Location Data In his article, “Limitations of Uganda’s Data Protection and Privacy Act (Cap 97): Narrow Scope of Sensitive Data and Lack of Explicit Protections for Biometrics, Genetics, and Location Data,” Ssali explores how these gaps expose individuals to growing privacy risks in an era increasingly shap...

Where a National Sports Body Exercises Public Power Over Athletes, Its Disciplinary Decisions Are Subject to Judicial Review, The High Court Rules.

The learned judge found that under the 2019 Judicial Review Amendment Rules, judicial review extended to bodies exercising quasi-judicial or public functions, including bodies established for the promotion of sports or for the benefit of the public where public funds or functions were involved.

He further found that the National Sports Act, 2023 placed national sports associations and federations within a statutory regulatory framework.

He held that in exercising disciplinary authority over a national athlete in the context of an organised national sports framework, the URU was not acting as an ordinary private club but was discharging a public function, and was therefore amenable to judicial review.

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The High Court Clarifies that Where a National Sports Body Exercises Public Power Over Athletes, Its Disciplinary Decisions Are Subject to Judicial Review The Court found that the Union was not acting as an ordinary private club dealing with a purely private contractual relationship but was exercising disciplinary authority over a national athlete within an organized national sports framework. In reaching its decision, the Court relied on Chief Consta...

A distrained asset held by the URA in enforcement of the very tax in dispute qualifies as a realised security and must be credited toward the Section 15(1) TAT Act deposit requirement; the word "pay" does not mean "cash only." High Court Rules.

The Court clarified that judicial precedent had already established that the Commissioner may accept alternative forms of security in lieu of cash payment. In reaffirming the Supreme Court’s position in Uganda Projects Implementation & Management Centre v URA, the Court noted that the Commissioner possesses discretion to “take any other thing in lieu of the deposit of cash.”

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A distrained asset held by the URA in enforcement of the very tax in dispute qualifies as a realised security and must be credited toward the Section 15(1) TAT Act deposit requirement; the word "pay" The learned judge found that the TAT, upon identifying a shortfall of approximately UGX 294 million between the vehicle's value and the 30% threshold, was not entitled to summarily dismiss a UGX 4.3 billion dispute on that basis. Her Ladyship held that a taxpayer who had surrendered a vehicle worth....

High Court Rules That Delivery and Acceptance of Goods May Constitute Sufficient Performance to Render an Oral Contract Enforceable Despite a Statutory Requirement for Writing

The court clarified that in standard supply or distributorship contracts, the distributor assumes the risk of resale and is generally liable for payment regardless of subsequent events, unless specific terms provide otherwise.... The court emphasized that a binding contract of sale had already been formed when the order was placed and accepted, and commercial law places the risk of changing circumstances with the distributor unless explicitly guaranteed by the manufacturer.

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High Court Rules That Delivery and Acceptance of Goods May Constitute Sufficient Performance to Render an Oral Contract Enforceable Despite a Statutory Requirement for Writing In the absence of explicit conditional purchase or consignment clauses, a distributor cannot withhold payment from a manufacturer merely because the contemplated end-use, such as a government tender, subsequently falls through.

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High Court Sets Aside Housing Finance Bank’s Sale of Mortgaged Property, Holding That A Mortgagor’s Admitted Failure to Pay Does Not Automatically Trigger a Valid Power of Sale; the Bank Must Still Serve Proper Statutory Notices Under Section 18 of the Mortgage Act, and Service by Post to an Incorrect Address Is Insufficient.

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High Court Sets Aside Housing Finance Bank’s Sale of Mortgaged Property, Holding That Default Alone Does Not Trigger a Valid Power of Sale Without Proper Statutory Notice Under Section 18 of the M.A The court found that the bank breached this duty by relying on a stale valuation report containing manifest errors, delaying the sale for months after the initial advertisement, and conducting an opaque auction process with no documentary proof of competing bids. The court noted that the property wa...