News – Matrix Advocates

In a seminal decision, a first-of-its-kind in the sports industry, Justice Stephen Mubiru in a well-reasoned and thorough judgment brought the hammer down on FUFA subjecting it UGX 570,6000,000 general...

Why DTB Bank (U) Limited & DTB Bank (K) Limited win against Ham Enterprises Limited is a reprive for Uganda’s financial sector.

30 Mar 2024

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HAM Enterprises Limited and Kiggs international (U) Ltd (Borrowers) approached both DTB Kenya and DTB Uganda (Lenders) for financing to tunes of about UGX 120 billion. The two banks had...

The Court of Appeal rules that Employee Consent for Payment in Lieu of Notice is mandatory.

30 Mar 2024

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In the case of Stanbic Bank (U) Limited vs. Okou R. Constant Civil Appeal No. 60 of 2020, the Court of Appeal (COA) delivered a significant judgment regarding the termination...

Lessons for our Sports Law from the European Super League, Royal Antwerp, and ISU cases

30 Mar 2024

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I spent the festive season imbibing the wisdom of the European Court of Justice (Cjeu) Judges who handed down resounding decisions on the 21st of December, 2023 that will go a...

Why the Financial Institutions (Credit Reference Bureau) regulations 2022 were long overdue?

30 Mar 2024

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The Financial Institutions Act of 2004 mandates the Central Bank to license Credit Reference Bureaus in Uganda. The relevant regulations then, being the FI (Credit Reference Bureau) regulations, 2005 operationalized...

Fifa Intellectual Property Guidelines; Much ado about everything

30 Mar 2024

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I have opined in the recent past on the Intellectual Property around the Fifa World Cup but a discussion on Intellectual Property and the World Cup would not be complete...