The ALP Compliance Memo 1/2022 provides an insight into the Landlord and Tenant Act 2022 that was recently passed as a new Law in Uganda. The article highlights the responsibilities that Landlords and Tenants need to adhere to when renting premises in Uganda.
Article No 1/2022 of the ALP Law Review Series is an analysis on the emerging culture of trade wars in East Africa especially between Uganda and Kenya.
The UK has promised to pass legislation that will protect and promote trade with developing countries. To do this however, the legislation has to be similar to the EU’s Generalised Scheme of Preferences. Yet you only need to watch the highly partisan Brexit debates in the House of Commons to realize that such legislation will probably never see the light of day.
On 30th July 2014, the Appellant’s contract with his Employer was terminated and in April 2015, he lodged a complaint with the labour officer citing unfair termination under Section 69 of the Employment Act 2006 and in that same complaint requested that the matter be referred to the Industrial Court since it raised a substantial question of law and the same was referred to the said Court.
The Succession (Amendment) Act, 2022 repeals provisions of the Succession Act, Cap 162 that were declared unconstitutional by the Constitutional Court in 2007, re-defines the distribution of estates of intestates, and provides for the duration of probate and letters of administration
Court of Appeal adopts the doctrine of legitimate expectation—a doctrine with roots in public law—in Uganda’s employment law and determines that an employer is required to provide a reason for termination of employment that goes against the legitimate expectation of an employee.
Several 2022 amendment Bills have been passed by the Parliament with provisions intended to strengthen and implement a system of sanctions for violations of “beneficial ownership” transparency obligations for legal persons and arrangements as recommended in FATF Recommendations
Uganda’s labour disputes law was amended in 2020 and came into force on July 23, 2021. The amendments strengthen the Industrial Court with more judges (and panels) and the powers, tenure, and conditions of service of the court’s judges (and registrars) have been made similar to that of judicial officers in the High Court.
KAMPALA — The High Court in Kampala, has issued an interim order stopping the execution of an arrest warrant issued against the managing director of Dei Minerals International, Mr Mathias Magoola for his alleged failure to pay over Shs268b in legal fees to former minister of Urban Development Isaac Musumba.
Proposed amendments to the electricity sector law—via the Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2022—seek to address the sector’s institutional regulators and to allow isolated power generation plants to sell electricity to distribution companies or directly to consumers for both technical and commercial expediency.
The Succession (Amendment) Bill, 2021 seeks to accord equal rights between men and women under the succession law in terms of domicile, property, residential holdings, maintenance, guardianship, etc. and address the lacuna in the law in the aftermath of the 2007 decision in Law Advocacy for Women in Uganda v. Attorney General
With effect from February 11, 2023, all companies and partnerships that have not filled their beneficial owners’ information with the Registrar of Companies will not be allowed to make any registrations unless they have provided beneficial owner’s information.
The ALP Conflict Resolution Hub Mediation Service provides the most advanced global rules
intended to assist parties and mediators to take maximum advantage of the flexible
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The Mediation Service guides parties that opt for Dispute Management Clauses in their
project contracts wherein the parties to the contract can jointly appoint a mediator to work
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contracts proceed smoothly.
The ALP Conflict Resolution Hub Arbitration Service is based on the most efficient
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practice for the resolution of domestic and international disputes quickly and economically by way of administered arbitration on global standards.
Additionally, the Arbitration Service provides for the appointment of emergency arbitrators,
which allows the parties in need of emergency interim reliefs to make such applications even
before the constitution of the regular arbitral tribunal.
The ALP Conflict Resolution Hub Conciliation Service provides an impartial, fast and
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Participation in the Conciliation Service processes is voluntary, and so are the outcomes.Solutions are reached only by consensus whether by negotiation and agreements facilitated between the parties themselves or by the parties agreeing to settlement terms proposed by the Hub Conciliation Officer who treats as confidential all information received during the course of conciliation and the service is informal and non-legalistic in practice.
The ALP Conflict Resolution Hub Ombudsman Service is a confidential, impartial and
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analyze problems and assists in identifying options and can, only if requested, become
involved in trying to resolve issues.
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