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Nanyunja v Nakayima (Miscellenous Applicaton No. 536 of 2002) [2002] UGHC 18 (22 August 2002)
- Citation
- [2002] UGHC 18
- Status
- Judgment
- Jurisdiction
- Uganda
- Court
- High Court of Uganda
- Posture
- Miscellaneous Application / Ruling on Interim Injunction
- Case number
- Miscellenous Applicaton No. 536 of 2002
- Language
- English
More details
- Court
- High Court of Uganda
- Posture
- Miscellaneous Application / Ruling on Interim Injunction
- Case number
- Miscellenous Applicaton No. 536 of 2002
- Language
- English
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Professional case brief
Research organized from the available case record
01
Holding and result
The court found that the applicant failed to establish the necessary threshold for the grant of an interim order for a temporary injunction. The affidavit did not disclose sufficient details about the developments on the land or the nature of the loss that would be suffered, let alone irreparable loss. Furthermore, the applicant's legal standing to claim rights over her late husband's estate was questionable in the absence of letters of administration or probate. The court also noted confusion in the applicant's description of her status as both a bonafide and lawful occupant, which are distinct concepts under the Land Statute. In light of these deficiencies, the court declined to exercise its discretion to grant the interim injunction and dismissed the application.
Court disposition
application dismissed
Orders
- The application for an interim order for a temporary injunction is dismissed.
- The main application is to be heard on the 28th August 2002 at 9.00 a.m.
02
Material facts
Parties
Elizabeth Kabugo Nanyunja
ApplicantKana Nakayima Nsubuga
Respondent03
Procedural history
Posture
Miscellaneous Application / Ruling on Interim Injunction
04
Questions and positions
Legal issues
- 01
Whether the applicant has established sufficient grounds for the grant of an interim order for a temporary injunction pending the hearing of the main application.
- 02
Whether the applicant has demonstrated irreparable loss if the injunction is not granted.
- 03
Whether the applicant has legal standing to claim rights over the estate of her late husband without letters of administration or probate.
Party arguments
- Applicant
- The applicant contends that the respondent has threatened to evict her from the land in dispute, has set a date for eviction, and that such eviction would render her suit nugatory and cause her irreparable loss. She claims to be a bonafide/lawful occupant of the land, which is part of her late husband's estate, and asserts that she and her family depend on it for their livelihood. She seeks an interim injunction to prevent eviction until the main application is heard.
- Respondent
- The respondent's arguments are not detailed in the ruling. However, the court notes deficiencies in the applicant's affidavit, including lack of evidence of developments on the land, absence of proof of irreparable loss, and questions regarding the applicant's legal standing to claim rights over the estate without letters of administration or probate.
05
Court’s reasoning
Legal principles
- 01
Section 65 and 101 of the Civil Procedure Act; Section 40(3) of the Judicature Statute
An applicant for an interim injunction must demonstrate a likelihood of suffering irreparable loss if the injunction is not granted.
- 02
General principles of estate administration
Legal standing to claim rights over an estate requires a grant of letters of administration or probate.
- 03
Land Statute 1998, Section 30
The concepts of bonafide occupant and lawful occupant are distinct under the Land Statute 1998, Section 30.
06
Ratio, limits and disposition
Ratio decidendi
The court found that the applicant failed to establish the necessary threshold for the grant of an interim order for a temporary injunction. The affidavit did not disclose sufficient details about the developments on the land or the nature of the loss that would be suffered, let alone irreparable loss. Furthermore, the applicant's legal standing to claim rights over her late husband's estate was questionable in the absence of letters of administration or probate. The court also noted confusion in the applicant's description of her status as both a bonafide and lawful occupant, which are distinct concepts under the Land Statute. In light of these deficiencies, the court declined to exercise its discretion to grant the interim injunction and dismissed the application.
Obiter and limits
- It is possible that the applicant will suffer loss and irreparable loss too. But this has not been shown in the papers she filed before this court.
- Bonafide occupant and lawful occupant are concepts introduced by the Land Statute 1998 and mean different things. I am not sure whether one can be both within the Land Statute.
Court disposition
application dismissed
- The application for an interim order for a temporary injunction is dismissed.
- The main application is to be heard on the 28th August 2002 at 9.00 a.m.
Source and reliance status
High Court of Uganda
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High Court of Uganda
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{\b\insrsid7563293\charrsid7806163 THE REPUBLIC OF UGANDA \line IN THE HIGH COURT OF UGANDA AT KAMPALA \line MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATION NO. 536 OF 2002 \line (ARISING FROM HCCS NO. 512 OF 2002) \par }{\b\insrsid7563293\charrsid7806163 ELIZABETH KABUGO NANYUNJA:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: APPLICANT \line VS \par }\pard \s15\ql \li0\ri0\sb100\sa240\sbauto1\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid7563293 {\b\insrsid7563293\charrsid7806163 KANA NAKAYIMA}{\b\insrsid7563293 NSUBUGA}{\b\insrsid7563293\charrsid7806163 }{ \b\insrsid7563293 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::}{\b\insrsid7563293\charrsid7806163 RESPONDENT \par }\pard \s15\qc \li0\ri0\sb100\sa240\sbauto1\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid7563293 {\b\insrsid7563293\charrsid7806163 \line }{\b\ul\insrsid7563293\charrsid7806163 BEFORE THE HONOURABLE JUSTICE F. M. S EGONDA-NTENDE }{\b\insrsid7563293\charrsid7806163 \line }{\b\ul\insrsid7563293\charrsid7806163 RULING }{\b\ul\insrsid7563293 \par }\pard \s15\ql \li0\ri0\sb100\sa240\sbauto1\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid7563293 {\insrsid7563293\charrsid7806163 This is an application for an interim order for a temporary}{\insrsid7563293 injunction pending the hearing }{\insrsid7563293\charrsid7806163 of an application
for a temporary injunction. It is made u}{\insrsid7563293 nder Sections 65 and 101 of the }{\insrsid7563293\charrsid7806163 Civil Procedure Act and Section 40(3) of the Judicature Statute. }{\insrsid7563293 \par }{\insrsid7563293\charrsid7806163 The grounds of }{\insrsid7563293 this application are that: \par {\listtext\pard\plain\s15 \insrsid7563293\charrsid7806163 \hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 a)\tab}}\pard \s15\ql \fi-360\li1080\ri0\sb100\sa240\sbauto1\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar \jclisttab\tx1080\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls1\adjustright\rin0\lin1080\itap0\pararsid7563293 {\insrsid7563293\charrsid7806163 The respondent has threatened forcefully evicting the applic}{\insrsid7563293 ant from the land in issue \par {\listtext\pard\plain\s15 \insrsid7563293\charrsid7806163 \hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 b)\tab}}{\insrsid7563293\charrsid7806163 the respondent had set a date for eviction on 19.8.2002}{\insrsid7563293 \par {\listtext\pard\plain\s15 \insrsid7563293\charrsid7806163 \hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 c)\tab}}{\insrsid7563293\charrsid7806163 that if eviction is carried out, it will render the applicant\rquote s suit nugatory and applicant is bou}{\insrsid7563293 nd to suffer irreparable loss. \par }\pard \s15\ql \li0\ri0\sb100\sa240\sbauto1\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid7563293 {\insrsid7563293 As}{\insrsid7563293\charrsid7806163 proof
of the likelihood of suffering irreparable loss the applicant has filed an affidavit sworn on the 16th Augus}{\insrsid7563293 t 2002. It states in part: \par {\listtext\pard\plain\s15 \insrsid7563293 \hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 7.\tab}}\pard \s15\ql \fi-360\li1080\ri0\sb100\sa240\sbauto1\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\jclisttab\tx1080\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls2\adjustright\rin0\lin1080\itap0\pararsid7563293 { \insrsid7563293 \'93}{\insrsid7563293\charrsid7806163 That I have filed a suit in the High court seeking among other things a declaration that I am a bonafide/lawful occupant of the above said land and seeking a permanent injunction restraining the respondent from ever attempting to evict me there from and I am convinced that my suit has}{\insrsid7563293 a high chance of success.\'94 \par }\pard \s15\ql \fi-720\li720\ri0\sb100\sa240\sbauto1\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid7563293 {\insrsid7563293 9.\tab }{\insrsid7563293\charrsid7806163 \'93 That if the court does not accord me an interim remedy in the meantime while t}{\insrsid7563293 \tab }{\insrsid7563293\charrsid7806163 he suit and main application are being fixed for hearing and if the respondent is not stopped from her treacherous attempts of trying to forcefully evict me from this land, I am bound to suffer irreparable loss since this is the land where I and my family
live and it is all we have got of the estate of my late husband.}{ \insrsid7563293 \'94 \par }\pard \s15\ql \li0\ri0\sb100\sa240\sbauto1\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid7563293 {\insrsid7563293 In paragraph 10 o}{\insrsid7563293\charrsid7806163 f the affidavit the applicant states that if eviction proceeds the purpose of the suit will be defeated and she will suffer irreparable harm. \line Apart from stating that she lives on the land in question, her affidavit does not disclose what she ha}{ \insrsid7563293 s on the land in dispute. No mention is made o}{\insrsid7563293\charrsid7806163 f the developments on the land. Are there several houses on it or not? It appears this court is left to assume that since she states that she lives on the land, she probably has a house or grows cr ops on the same on which she depends. That is the first short fall in this application. \line }{\insrsid7563293 \par }{\insrsid7563293\charrsid7806163 On the other hand the land in dispute is stated to be part of the estate of her late husband. No mention is made if there is an administrator in law of that estate. It is questionable whether without a grant of letters of administration or probate the applicant can establish rights to her husband\rquote s estate in this court. \line }{\insrsid7563293 \par }{\insrsid7563293\charrsid7806163 Lastly in
paragraph 7 of her affidavit the ap}{\insrsid7563293 plicant describes herself as a \'93}{\insrsid7563293\charrsid7806163 bonafide/lawful occupant}{\insrsid7563293 \'94}{\insrsid7563293\charrsid7806163 of the land in question. Bonafide occupant and lawful occupants are concepts introduced by the Land Statute 1998 and in particular, section 30 thereof. The two mean different things. I am not sure whether one can be both within the Land Statute. \line }{ \insrsid7563293 \par }{\insrsid7563293\charrsid7806163 In the circumstances, the applicant has failed in my view to establish a thresh-hold upon which this court ca}{\insrsid7563293 n exercise its discretion to }{\insrsid7563293\charrsid7806163 grant an interim order for a temporary injunction as she has failed to show what loss, let alone irreparable loss1 she may suffer. \line }{\insrsid7563293 \par }{\insrsid7563293\charrsid7806163 It is possible that she will suffer loss and irreparable loss too. But this has not been shown in the papers she filed before this court. I accordingly decline to issue the order requested fore I dismiss this application. \line }{\insrsid7563293 \par }{\insrsid7563293\charrsid7806163 I order that the main application be heard on the 28th August 2002 at 9.00 a.m. \line }{\insrsid7563293 \par }{\b\insrsid7563293\charrsid7558739 F. M. S. Egonda-Ntende \line Judge. \line 22.8.2002.}{\insrsid7563293 \line }{\insrsid7563293\charrsid7806163 \par }{\insrsid7563293 \par \par \par }\pard\plain \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp2057\langfenp1033 {\insrsid10825639 \par }}
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