Leading Ugandan authorities and key statutes — each with the legal
issues it touches, a plain-language orientation, and a link to the source.
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SCCA No. 11 of 2002
· Supreme Court of Uganda
trespass to landland possessionunlawful entrypurchaser without title
Civil Appeal No. 22 of 1992
· Supreme Court of Uganda
fraudstrict proof of fraudcivil standard for fraudstandard of proof for fraud
[1998] UGSC 15
· Supreme Court of Uganda
appellate review of criminal convictionre-evaluation of evidencestandard for appellate interferencefirst appeal duty
Civil Suit No. 2109 of 1984
· High Court of Uganda
temporary injunctioninterlocutory injunctionprima facie caseirreparable injury
[2008] 2 EA 300
illegalityirrationalityprocedural improprietyjudicial review grounds
A practical guide to neutral citations, law-report citations and cause numbers for Ugandan courts — UGSC, UGCA, UGCC and the High Court — with worked examples.
How Uganda's court hierarchy fits together — from the magistrates' courts up to the Supreme Court — and which court decides what.
Where to search for Ugandan judgments and statutes, how to read a citation, and how Wakilii's AI research speeds the work up.
Stare decisis in Uganda — which courts bind which, and the difference between ratio decidendi and obiter dicta — with practical pointers for using authority in argument.
The anatomy of a Ugandan judgment — coram, facts, issues, holding and orders — and how to extract the ratio decidendi you can rely on and cite.
