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Data Privacy Month 2025: Essential Insights on Data Privacy and Protection

Data Privacy Month 2025: Essential Insights on Data Privacy and Protection

As we progress through the Data Privacy Month, observed throughout January 2025, we look forward to the Data Privacy Week, taking place...

Compliance Alert: Filing of Annual Compliance Report with FIA

Compliance Alert: Filing of Annual Compliance Report with FIA

As the year commences with normal business operations, compliance requirements also resume. The Anti-Money Laundering Act Cap 118 and its regulations mandate that every...

Uganda Supreme Court

Onyango & Co Advocates Recognized as a Notable Law Firm in IFLR1000 Sub-Sahara Africa 2024

Onyango & Co Advocates is happy to announce its inclusion in the IFLR1000 Sub-Sahara Africa 2024 rankings...

Industrial Design Registration and Infringement in Uganda - Legal Overview

Registration and Infringement of an Industrial Design in Uganda

Discover industrial design registration in Uganda, its legal protections, and infringement criteria in Ugandan courts....

Recruitment Agency
Namugera Joel Peter

Recruitment Agencies bare the Primary Responsibility for the Safety of Migrant Workers

On 7th October, the High Court of Uganda delivered a significant ruling in Namale Desire & Anor v Horeb...

NGOs in Uganda
Namugera Joel Peter

Brief On The Non-Governmental Organisations (Amendment) ACT, 2024

On the 15th July 2024, the President of the Republic of Uganda, H.E Yoweri Kaguta Museveni assented to the Non-Governmental Organisations...

Tax Uganda
Wilfred Oketcho

Suspected Tax Evasion is a ground for deferring company dissolution in Uganda

On 16th July, 2024, Justice Stephen Mubiru, the Head of the Commercial Division at the High Court made a significant ruling...

Medical Facility Set-up
Namugera Joel Peter

Key Considerations For Medical Negligence In Uganda

Negligence can be defined as the omission to do something which a reasonable man, guided upon considerations which regulate the...

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Namugera Joel Peter

Uganda: A Guide to Non-Compete Clauses in Agreements

This article provides guidance on non-compete clauses specifically their legality, enforceability and key considerations parties should keep...

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Namugera Joel Peter

Powers of the Financial Intelligence Authority to freeze Bank Accounts

The Financial Intelligence Authority (FIA) is a government body established under the Anti-Money Laundering Act, Cap. 118...

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Namugera Joel Peter

COMESA Trade Rules: High Court holds that a Missing Exporter’s Signature Invalidates a Certificate of Origin

In the case of Kuku Foods Uganda Ltd v. Uganda Revenue Authority (Civil Suit No. 0036 of 2021)...

Lady in Court
Namugera Joel Peter

High Court holds that Corporate Veil could be lifted due to Wrongful Trading

Recently in Absa Bank of Uganda Limited and 2 Others v Enjoy Uganda Limited and 2 Others Misc. Appn. 1243 of 2023...