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Shell (U) Ltd & 9 Ors v Muwema & Mugerwa Advocates & Solicitors & anor

Citation: [2014] UGSC 9 Court: Supreme Court Decided: 3 July 2014 Jurisdiction: Uganda

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An advocate's percentage-of-proceeds fee agreement for contentious business is illegal under the Advocates Act, champertous, and unenforceable against clients who never signed it.

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