The Criminal Procedure
Criminal Procedure is the process through which Penal laws are applied. It is procedural law rather than substantive law. Before…
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Unlawful Dismissal or Termination
What is termination? According to Section 64 the Employment Act 226 as amended, termination occurs in the instances where the…
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The Right Of An Employee To Take Leave
What is leave? Leave is authorized absence from work for a period of time authorized by the employee’s workplace. An…
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Beware of “Bush Lawyers”
Grace was brought to JCU Kasese office by the Kasese District LCV chair person, after she’d been defrauded by one…
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JCU Resolves Dispute Between A Grandmother & Her Granddaughter
The complainant (Yolesi) is a single mother to a two-year-old. The complainant and her mother had a lot of misunderstandings…
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Do Not Abuse My Kindness
Two families were at the verge of falling over a money dispute. It all started in 2015 when our client…
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I Deserve A Share Of Our Matrimonial Property
Aminah was married to Fahad for about 40 years. The couple while still renting, bought a plot of land in…
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Thank You For Fighting For My Rights
In April 2022, Daphne approached JCU Tororo for legal support because her husband (Pete) of five years had petitioned for…
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This too is my land.
The dispute took place in 2019 in Kasunga I village, Mukunyu Sub County concerning a husband who wanted to sell…
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I Deserve Equal Rights To My Late Father’s Land
The claimant Oliver, a mother of four, reached out to the Fort Portal office to restore her land which she…
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My Brothers Had Made My Life Unbearable
This client (Gilbert) being in his old age, seemed so miserable and helpless after his family members frustrated him over…
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JCU Helps A Family To Equally Distribute Land
This story involves 20-year-old Angela whose share of land had been taken away by the family members. Angela’s father passed…
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