Long Overdue! ULS Orders End To ‘My Lord’, Bowing In Courts As Ssemakadde Pushes To Decolonise Uganda’s Justice System

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By Spy Uganda Uganda Law Society (ULS) President Isaac K. Ssemakadde has unveiled one of the most far-reaching symbolic reforms in the country’s legal profession, issuing an Executive Order abolishing the use of colonial honorifics such as “My Lord,” “Your Lordship,” and “Your Worship,” while also prohibiting advocates from bowing before judicial officers. The directive,…