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27 May

ICYMI: Annual Labour and Employment Conference

The annual Labour and Employment Conference by Signum Advocates brings together various industry stakeholders ranging from Human Resources professionals, Employee’s Unions, Employer’s Organizations and the legal fraternity writ large, to discuss the developments and goings-on in...

1 Mar

Chambers Global 2024 ranks KATS as a Band 1 Firm

Katende Ssempebwa and Company Advocates (KATS) was ranked as a Band 1 Firm by Chambers and Partners Global Guide to the World’s Leading Law Firms in its 2024 Global Legal rankings. KATS is honored to be...

1 Mar

Chambers 2024 recognizes five KATS’ lawyers

The 2024 Edition of Chambers and Partners Global Guide to the World’s Leading Law Firms ranked five KATS’ lawyers as notable practitioners: Senior Statesmen John Katende and Professor Edward Ssempebwa, Sim Katende, Arthur K. Ssempebwa and...

8 Feb

Recent developments affecting business in Uganda

By Patrick Mugulalu and Edwin Wabwire Employment law In a recent groundbreaking decision of Stanbic Bank (Uganda) Limited vs Nassanga Saphinah Kasule CACA 182 of 2021, the Court of Appeal of Uganda has affirmed the position...

7 Feb

Competition Law Alert: Uganda passes the Competition Act 2023

By: Alice N. Blazevic and Patrick A. Mugalula Uganda’s arduous journey to a domestic general competition law regime that started 20 years ago in 2004 has culminated in the passing of the Competition Act 2023, which...

25 Jul

Comparative analysis of Pre-trial detention laws across the Commonwealth

The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (“CHRI”), a non-profit, in collaboration with K&L Gates LLP collated information on pre-trial detention laws of different countries across the 54 Commonwealth countries. The information in the report is not a...

14 Sep

Alice wins ‘Legal Services Innovation of the year’ at ULS Awards 2021

Congratulations are in order for our Partner Alice Namuli Blazevic, who won the ‘Legal Services Innovation of the Year’ Award at the Uganda Law Society Awards 2021, on the 12th September, 2021. The awards are peer...

28 Feb

Chambers 2021 recognizes four KATS’ lawyers

The 2021 Edition of Chambers and Partners Global Guide to the World’s Leading Law Firms ranked four KATS’ lawyers as notable practioners: Senior Statesmen John Katende and Professor Edward Ssempebwa, Sim Katende and Alice Namuli Blazevic....

28 Feb

Chambers Global ranks KATS as a Band 1 Firm

Katende, Ssempebwa and Company Advocates (KATS) was ranked as a Band 1 Firm by Chambers and Partners Global Guide to the World’s Leading Law Firms in its 2021 Global Legal rankings, released on the 18th February,...

1 Feb

TMT Alert: What you should know about the draft Data Protection & Privacy Regulations, 2020

By: Alice Namuli Blazevic, Patrick Mugalula and Andrew Wandera BACKGROUND: Joe Kaeser, the current Chief Executive Officer of Siemens is quoted as having stated, “Data is the oil, some say the gold, of the 21st century...

5 Sep

Creative arts need self regulation

By: Louis Lwanga Media reports have been awash with debate over the recent Uganda Communication Commission regulations that affect the entertainment industry. The regulators were “suspended” by the minister of ICT after an uproar.These regulations were...

22 Jul

Employment Law Alert: Court of Appeal decision expounds on implications of unlawful dismissals on salary loans and more

By: Patrick Mugalula The Industrial Court is a specialized court established to determine employment matters in Uganda. In 2014, one of the matters heard by the Court was Florence Musumba vs. Uganda Development Bank Labour Dispute...

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