How can I enforce a court order? A court order is an official proclamation by a judge (or panel of judges) that defines the legal relationships between the parties to a hearing, a trial, an appeal or other court proceedings. Such ruling requires or authorizes the carrying out of certain steps by one or more…
What is a trust? When you hear the words “trust” or “trust fund,” the first image that may come to mind is a wealthy family in a mansion with inherited wealth passed down from generation to generation. If asked what a trust or trust fund is, many people would probably be hard pressed to offer…
Police custody Under Ugandan law, this is a restriction to liberty and range of movement of a person who is suspected of having committed a crime/an offence or is about to commit a criminal offence under the laws of Uganda. It refers to the time a person arrested is confined in the police station for…
THE COURT’S MEDIATION SCHEME The Commercial Court operates a mediation scheme. Under this scheme most cases that are received by the Commercial Court are sent for mediation. Mediation is explained below. The Assistant Registrar at the Court will send your case to a special organization that employ people who are experts in mediation. This organization…
When someone uses your company TIN (Tax identification Number) or personal TIN for whatever reasons, you, as the TIN owner, assumes all responsibility relating to those transactions. For example, allowing to be used as the consignee for a friend’s cargo would mean that at some point, you would have to account to the revenue authorities…
