Case Summaries

Court grants bail pending Appeal in a criminal case at the Supreme Court.
To succeed in an application for Judicial Review, an applicant must show that the decision or act complained of is tainted with illegality, irrationality and procedural impropriety. Says Justice Esther Nambayo.
Justice Ssekaana defines contempt of Court to mean conduct that defies the authority of Court
The positions of Judgments of Court cannot be reviewed or scrutinized by any arm of Government says Hon Justice Bashaija
The absence of a nexus between the failure to perform at a music show and a violation of the freedom of expression leads to a dismissal says Justice Hellen Walayo
An illegality can be raised at any time before a court of law, says Justice Bashaija
A guardianship order with the management of a child’s property ought to be motivated by the overriding requirements pertaining to the child’s best interests, says Justice Stephen Mubiru
It is unconstitutional for Parliament to use its powers to enact legislation which has been prohibited by the Judiciary
Government is responsible for providing maternal health care services to uphold the right to health says Justice Cheborion Barishaki in the case of Center for Health, Human Rights & Development & 3 Others V Attorney General, Constitutional Petition No.16 of 2011
A decree is not only personal but binds the assignees or representative of the judgment debtor and is enforced in rem says Justice Henrietta Walayo in the case of Dr Simon Sentumbwe v Nicholas Golooba, (Miscellaneous Application No. 639 Of 2019) [2020]
Failure to grant an injunction might comprise the applicant’s ability to assert their claimed rights over land.
An administrator is under an obligation to act in good faith because she /he holds a noble and onerous duty says Her Lordship Catherine Bamugemereire.
Court cancels the directives of the Media Council of Uganda on grounds of irregularity
The Records of NIRA on birth is to be preferred in the event of contradiction with any other documents says Hon Justice Emmanuel Baguma
Fraud is the intentional perversion of truth to induce another in reliance upon it to part with some valuable thing belonging to him or to surrender a legal right.
A Court order is a court order; It must be obeyed as ordered unless set aside or varied. Says Lady Justice Langa
The duties of an administrator are intended to be a short-lived process says Hon Justice Stephen Mubiru
The rule of exhaustion of alternative remedy is not one that bars jurisdiction of the Court, but it is a rule which Courts have laid down in the exercise of their discretion
A mere possibility of not including some voters who have not attained the voting age of 18 years will not amount to disenfranchisement.
Subjecting funding of the Judiciary to the Executive affects the Independence of the Judiciary, says Justice Madrama