Wakilii
HomeCase law › Esso Standard(U) Ltd v Semu Amanu Opio

Esso Standard(U) Ltd v Semu Amanu Opio

Citation: [1993] UGSC 15 Court: Supreme Court Decided: 15 July 1993 Jurisdiction: Uganda
Cited — treatment unverified cited in 2 (treatment unverified) Derived from citing cases in the Wakilii corpus — not an assertion that this case is good law.

Legal issues

Contract LawDamages & QuantumTort LawStatutory InterpretationCivil Procedure

About this case

AI-generated summary — verify against the full judgment before relying on it.

Exemplary or punitive damages cannot be awarded for breach of contract; the High Court's punitive award was set aside and the appeal allowed in part.

Ask Wakilii about this case

Get a cited answer on how Esso Standard(U) Ltd applies to your facts, grounded in Ugandan statutes and case law.

Research this case →
Source: this page presents Wakilii's issue analysis and metadata for a publicly reported Ugandan judgment. Judgment text is sourced from the Uganda Legal Information Institute (ulii.org). Wakilii is not affiliated with ULII.