Uganda Law Society abolishes 'My Lord' address and bans bowing to judges
The Uganda Law Society said it has abolished the courtroom addresses 'My Lord' and 'My Lady' and ended the practice of bowing to judges. The body describes the move as part of an effort to change what it calls colonial-era features of the country's justice system. The change reopens debate over modernising judicial traditions.
According to Premium Times, the Uganda Law Society said it has abolished the traditional courtroom addresses 'My Lord' and 'My Lady' for judges and ended the practice of bowing before them.
Officials at the body describe the step as part of an effort to change structures inherited from the colonial era in the country's justice system. The decision reshapes the forms of address that lawyers and judges use in hearings.
Similar debates have run for years in many countries that inherited the British legal tradition. How the change is implemented in Uganda, and how far judicial institutions adopt it, will be watched in the period ahead.
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