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Young Lawyers are not slaves!

  Young Lawyers are not Slaves! Abstract, Many a time, the internet is awash with various ‘memes’ and or posts about the struggles that graduate lawyers particularly young lawyers go through in trying to make a cut for themselves on the precious piece of cake that comes with being a lawyer. It is unfortunate though, that however noble the profession is, its nobility has somewhat been restricted to all but the welfare of young lawyers. In this short article, I shall highlight the different struggles young lawyers are facing including lack of job security, poor remuneration, extortion by their employers et al, and how the Law Council as the regulator needs to intervene to make great this noble profession again. Do young lawyers have rights at work? The attainment of rights at work, like the other objectives, is influenced by many aspects of economic, social, and institutional structure. Indeed, it is often argued that the concept of rights at work, as derived from ILO stand...
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Lifting the Corporate Veil

  LIFTING THE CORPORATE VEIL OF THE COMPANY (Lifting the Veil) Originating from the case of  Salomon v A Salomon & Co Ltd . The  Corporate Veil notoriously known as the Salomon  principle is a principle which provides that a company is essentially regarded as a legal person separate from its directors, shareholders, employees and agents. This means as a separate legal entity, a company can be sued in its own name and own assets separately from its shareholders. The corporate veil as drawn from the  Salomon  principle which separates the rights and duties of the company from the rights and duties of the shareholders and directors. Essentially, the corporate veil is a metaphoric veil with the company on one side of it and its directors and shareholders on the other and liability does not pass through. However, what happens in cases where the Shareholders and or directors of the company through their personal conduct use the Company to carry out s...
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CRYPTO-CURRENCIES AND THE LAW. What Does The World’s Embracing Of Crypto-Currencies Mean For Uganda And Other Developing Countries?

  Introduction. From using Barter trade to Cowrie shells, to the Indian rupees in the 1800s, to the East African currency, the Ugandan economy has taken a slow but surely formidable turn in the evolution of its currency. Since Uganda attained her independence in the year 1962, the then newly issued Uganda Shillings Currency (UGX) could only give one a glance at what would come in the future with the newly created Bank of Uganda its custodian. With almost all political regimes that the country has experienced, majority if not all regimes have adopted a modus operandi that has seen the Uganda shillings go through a robust series of evolution depending on what that specific regime desires until the year 2013 when the 1987 series ceased to be legal tender. The most salient feature about the Ugandan currency is the fact that it is centralized and can only be issued and regulated by the state, through its organs and in this case being the Bank of Uganda which is Uganda’s central ba...
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LEASES AND LICENCES.

                            LEASES AND LICENCES. Definition of a lease ·           Differences between leases and licenses and tenancies Essential features of a lease ·           Duration ·           Exclusive possession Creation of a lease ·           By contract ·           By estoppels ·           By registration ·           Un registered lease Rights and obligations ·           Landlord rights and obligations ·           Tenant rights and obligations ·      ...
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