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Case Law[2018] UGSC 51Uganda

Kagumya v Attorney General (Civil Appeal 7 of 2017) [2018] UGSC 51 (21 December 2018)

Supreme Court of Uganda

Judgment

# Kagumya v Attorney General (Civil Appeal 7 of 2017) [2018] UGSC 51 (21 December 2018) [ Share this document on WhatsApp opens in new tab __](https://api.whatsapp.com/send?text=Kagumya+v+Attorney+General+%28Civil+Appeal+7+of+2017%29+%5B2018%5D+UGSC+51+%2821+December+2018%29+-+https%3A%2F%2Fulii.org%2Fen%2Fakn%2Fug%2Fjudgment%2Fugsc%2F2018%2F51%2Feng%402018-12-21) [ Share this document on X opens in new tab __](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Kagumya+v+Attorney+General+%28Civil+Appeal+7+of+2017%29+%5B2018%5D+UGSC+51+%2821+December+2018%29+-+https%3A%2F%2Fulii.org%2Fen%2Fakn%2Fug%2Fjudgment%2Fugsc%2F2018%2F51%2Feng%402018-12-21) [ Share this document on Facebook opens in new tab __](https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://ulii.org/en/akn/ug/judgment/ugsc/2018/51/eng@2018-12-21) [ Share this document on LinkedIn opens in new tab __](https://www.linkedin.com/sharing/share-offsite/?url=https://ulii.org/en/akn/ug/judgment/ugsc/2018/51/eng@2018-12-21) [ Share this document by email __](mailto:?subject=Take%20a%20look%20at%20this%20document%20from%20ULII:%20Kagumya%20v%20Attorney%20General%20\(Civil%20Appeal%207%20%E2%80%A6&body=https://ulii.org/en/akn/ug/judgment/ugsc/2018/51/eng@2018-12-21) __Save [ Download PDF (1.1 MB) ](/en/akn/ug/judgment/ugsc/2018/51/eng@2018-12-21/source) Report a problem ##### Is there something wrong with this document? Problem category *Incorrect informationMissing informationNo PDF downloadDocument is emptyDocument is not accessible on my deviceOther What's the problem? * Your email address * CancelReport problem __ * Share * [ Download PDF (1.1 MB) ](/en/akn/ug/judgment/ugsc/2018/51/eng@2018-12-21/source) * * * * * Report a problem __ ##### Kagumya v Attorney General (Civil Appeal 7 of 2017) [2018] UGSC 51 (21 December 2018) Copy citation __Save * __Document detail * __Related documents Citation Kagumya v Attorney General (Civil Appeal 7 of 2017) [2018] UGSC 51 (21 December 2018) Copy Media Neutral Citation [2018] UGSC 51 Copy Court [Supreme Court of Uganda](/en/judgments/UGSC/) Case number Civil Appeal 7 of 2017 Judges [Mwangusya, JSC](/en/judgments/all/?judges=Mwangusya%2C%20JSC), [Arach-Amoko, JSC](/en/judgments/all/?judges=Arach-Amoko%2C%20JSC), [Opio-Aweri, JSC](/en/judgments/all/?judges=Opio-Aweri%2C%20JSC), [Mwondha, JSC](/en/judgments/all/?judges=Mwondha%2C%20JSC), [Tibatemwa-Ekirikubinza, JSC](/en/judgments/all/?judges=Tibatemwa-Ekirikubinza%2C%20JSC) Judgment date 21 December 2018 Language English Summary ###### Flynote * Civil Procedure|Contract Law Read full summary ###### Case summary The court considered whether the matter was time barred, and whether the appellant had been unlawfully retrenched and whether he was entitled to the relief sought. The court held that as the retrenchment had taken long before the application to set it aside, it would be ingenuous to allow it. That the there was no distinction from common law contracts and the employment contract as they were all governed by the law on limitation. __ ##### Ask AI Ask questions and understand this document faster using AI. __Ask AI * * * Skip to document content **Loading PDF...** 100% This document is 1.1 MB. Do you want to load it? Load document ##### Error loading PDF Try reloading the page or downloading the PDF. Reload page [Download PDF](/en/akn/ug/judgment/ugsc/2018/51/eng@2018-12-21/source.pdf) Error: #### __Related documents #### More documents like this one __Suggestions generated by AI. This feature is not currently available. ▲ To the top >

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