Divisions of the High Court<\/b><\/p>\n
The High Court of Uganda is located at Plot 2, The Square Kampala.<\/span><\/p>\n The High Court has the following eight divisions:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n (a) Anti-Corruption Division\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n The Anti-Corruption Division of the High Court was established in July 2008 as a special division to adjudicate corruption and corruption related cases. The Division is located at Plot 8 Mabua Road, Kololo, Kampala.<\/span><\/p>\n (b) Civil Division<\/strong><\/p>\n The functions of the Division include: Hearing appeal cases from the Magistrates’ courts in connection with torts committed against the person, defamation, bankruptcy and company winding up matters, among other matters. It is located on the first floor of Twed towers, along Kafu Road, Nakasero.<\/span><\/p>\n (c) Commercial Division\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n The Commercial Court was established in 1996 as the division of the High Court devoted to hearing and determining commercial disputes with current jurisdiction. It handles cases pertaining to: company causes, bankruptcy, and intellectual property. It is located at Plot 14, Lumumba Avenue, Nakasero.<\/span><\/p>\n (d) Criminal Division\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n The Criminal Division is responsible for hearing all serious criminal offences, e.g. murder, manslaughter, rape etc., referred to it by the Magistrates’ Courts. It is located on the second floor of High Court Building at Plot 2, the Square.<\/span><\/p>\n (e) Execution and Bailiffs Division\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n The Division handles all matters relating to the enforcement of court orders, execution of court decisions and to regulate the operations of Court Bailiffs in execution of the Court process in Uganda.\u00a0The division\u00a0is located\u00a0<\/span>at Plot 3, Portal Avenue, Kampala.<\/span><\/p>\n (f) Family Division\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n The Family Division was created in April 2005. It handles administration causes, family causes such as adoption, guardianship, maintenance etc., among other matters. The\u00a0Family Division shares premises with Makindye Chief Magistrates’ Court at Mobutu Road.<\/span><\/p>\n (g) International Crimes Division\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n It is a special Division of High Court of Uganda which was established in July 2008. It deals will serious crimes such as war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide, terrorism, among others. The Division is located at Plot 8 Mabua Road, Kololo, Kampala.<\/span><\/p>\n (h) Land Division<\/strong><\/p>\n The Division is charged with the following functions:<\/span><\/p>\n It is located on the second floor of Twed Towers, along Kafu Road, Nakasero, Kampala.<\/span><\/p>\n Most of the business\u00a0of the High Court is conducted at its headquarters in Kampala, but with the\u00a0decentralization\u00a0of the High Court, its services are now obtained at its High Court circuits namely: <\/span>(this can be illustrated by a map of Uganda with a pinpoint in each of these cities)<\/span><\/p>\n Divisions of the High Court The High Court of Uganda is located at Plot 2, The Square Kampala. The High Court has the following eight divisions:\u00a0 (a) Anti-Corruption Division\u00a0 The Anti-Corruption Division of the High Court was established in July 2008 as a special division to adjudicate corruption and corruption related cases. The Division is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":275,"template":"","class_list":["post-274","know-your-government","type-know-your-government","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nwtdev.com\/tcr2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/know-your-government\/274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nwtdev.com\/tcr2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/know-your-government"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nwtdev.com\/tcr2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/know-your-government"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nwtdev.com\/tcr2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nwtdev.com\/tcr2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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