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THE RIGHT TO APPEAL IN UGANDA: IS IT ACTUALY A RIGHT!?

This may not be a topic of debate but all we need is to look into the provisions of the law and find out where the standing could be. The Osborn’s Concise Law Dictionary defines an appeal as any proceedings taken to rectify an erroneous decision of a court or tribunal by bringing it beforeContinue reading “THE RIGHT TO APPEAL IN UGANDA: IS IT ACTUALY A RIGHT!?”

REALITY: SENIOR LAWYER SILVER KAYONDO PENS DOWN ADVICE TO YOUNG LAWYERS AND LAW STUDENTS

The internet of recent has been filled with news about the LDC results where over 90% of the students failed the bar course exam. With the high failure rate, a number of students or lawyers have been left in despair about the next step in their lives moreso towards their carriers.This prompted Silver Kayondo toContinue reading “REALITY: SENIOR LAWYER SILVER KAYONDO PENS DOWN ADVICE TO YOUNG LAWYERS AND LAW STUDENTS”

THE EPITOME OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT IN MEN

Way back Ugandans have been lured to think that the male gender can never be subject to sexual harassment or even sexual violence. Uganda is a country where people are regrouped into tribes and communities backed by their by heir various beliefs, most of these have it placed in that the man in a homeContinue reading “THE EPITOME OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT IN MEN”

THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH: IS THE CONSTITUTION UNDER ATTACK?

Since it’s independence, Uganda has evolved through different regimes all of which stood with their merits and demerits. Many of these regimes were characterised with the abuse of human rights but the reason behind this was that many of these forcefully came into power just as the current one. However the difference is that electionsContinue reading “THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH: IS THE CONSTITUTION UNDER ATTACK?”

THE LAW OF NEGLIGENCE

Negligence has been so pervasive, that it has transformed even the strict liability tort of trespass, such that fault is required. The case of Stanley v Powell [1891] 1 QB 86, it was held that where there is no intent, and negligence is negatived, the plaintiff cannot recover whether he framed the action in trespassContinue reading “THE LAW OF NEGLIGENCE”

SPOUSAL CONSENT WHEN GIVING AWAY MATRIMONIAL PROPERTY

The High Court’s Family Division has outlawed the practice of men dispossessing their wives of matrimonial property by bestowing it to their sons in their Wills without the spouse’s authorisation. The High Court’s Family Division has outlawed the practice of men dispossessing their wives of matrimonial property by bestowing it to their sons in their WillsContinue reading “SPOUSAL CONSENT WHEN GIVING AWAY MATRIMONIAL PROPERTY”