No lawyer, no case (for the moment)

Uganda's Constitutional Court had before it a challenge to the jurisdiction of the court-martial over a civilian (a former Member of Parliament). Now what? The appeal is dismissed for lack of prosecution. According to this account, the appellant's lawyer was not admitted to practice before the court, and he was the only lawyer listed on this papers. Excerpt:

“During interaction in this court, Mr Ronald Iduuli (defence lawyer) said he did not have a practicing certificate, he cannot continue as counsel in this petition since he has no audience. We would have adjourned this case to another date to enable the applicant instruct another lawyer but we are unable to do so since the only address on record is Ojok Advocates,” the court ruled.

The justices, however, added that Mr [Tony] Kipoi was at liberty to restate his application if he desired to do so.