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Patrick Kimbareeba v M/s Newlines Limited (Misc. Appl. No. 178 of 2000) (Misc. Appl. No. 178 of 2000) [2000] UGHC 6 (29 February 2000)

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01

Holding and result

The court found that the defendant failed to establish an agency relationship with the United States of America, as no principal was disclosed and the plaintiff dealt directly with the defendant. The facts showed the defendant independently approached the plaintiff for the hire and subsequently hired out the vehicle to the US Embassy. The plaintiff's claim is based on breach of contract, while the defendant's claim against the intended third party is premised on agency and breach of a separate contract, the terms of which were not disclosed. The causes of action are at a tangent and cannot be reconciled for third party procedure. The right to indemnity must arise from a contract, not merely from a right to damages. The application for leave to issue a third party notice was therefore rejected as the facts did not support such leave under the applicable law.

Court disposition

application dismissed

Orders

  • The defendant's application for leave to issue a third party notice to the United States of America is rejected.

02

Material facts

Parties

Patrick Kimbareeba

Plaintiff

M/s Newlines Limited

Defendant

Amounts and remedies

  • Pre Accident Value of Vehicle: UGX 15,000,000
  • Loss of Earning Up to Time of Suit: UGX 36,000,000
  • Loss of Earning Per Day From Date of Suit: UGX 100,000

03

Procedural history

  1. Posture

    Miscellaneous Application / Ruling on Ex Parte Application for Leave to Issue Third Party Notice

04

Questions and positions

Legal issues

Party arguments

Applicant
The defendant contends it acted as agent for the United States of America when it hired the motor vehicle from the plaintiff, with the United States as principal. The defendant argues that lack of diligence by the principal led to the accident and damage, and that the United States is personally or vicariously liable for the acts of its servants or agents. The defendant seeks to join the United States as third party for indemnity in the event of liability.
Respondent
No arguments from the plaintiff are recorded as the application was ex parte. However, the court notes that the plaintiff does not allude to any agency relationship and sues the defendant directly for breach of contract and damages arising from the hire and subsequent accident of the vehicle.

05

Court’s reasoning

  1. 01

    Yafesi Walusimbi vs. Attorney General [1959] EA 223

    For a third party to be legally joined, the subject matter and original cause of action must be the same between the parties.

  2. 02

    Birmingham and District Land Company vs. London and North Western Railway Company (1887), 34 Ch. D 261

    A right to indemnity as such must arise from an original bargain or contract, not merely from a right to damages for breach.

  3. 03

    General principles of agency law

    Agency requires a disclosed principal and agreement; mere reference by one party does not establish agency.

06

Ratio, limits and disposition

Ratio decidendi

The court found that the defendant failed to establish an agency relationship with the United States of America, as no principal was disclosed and the plaintiff dealt directly with the defendant. The facts showed the defendant independently approached the plaintiff for the hire and subsequently hired out the vehicle to the US Embassy. The plaintiff's claim is based on breach of contract, while the defendant's claim against the intended third party is premised on agency and breach of a separate contract, the terms of which were not disclosed. The causes of action are at a tangent and cannot be reconciled for third party procedure. The right to indemnity must arise from a contract, not merely from a right to damages. The application for leave to issue a third party notice was therefore rejected as the facts did not support such leave under the applicable law.

Obiter and limits

  • The court observed that any reference to agency was made by the defendant alone and not supported by the plaintiff.
  • The terms of the alleged contract between the defendant and the intended third party were not disclosed, making the claim for indemnity speculative.
  • The court cited with approval the requirement that a direct right to indemnity must arise from contract, not merely from a right to damages.

Court disposition

application dismissed

  • The defendant's application for leave to issue a third party notice to the United States of America is rejected.

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}{ \b\lang1033\langfe2057\langnp1033\insrsid5403053\charrsid8392187 NEWLINES}{\lang1033\langfe2057\langnp1033\insrsid5403053\charrsid8200333 }{\b\lang1033\langfe2057\langnp1033\insrsid8392187\charrsid8200333 LIMITED:}{ \b\lang1033\langfe2057\langnp1033\insrsid5403053\charrsid8200333 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::: DEFENDANT \line }{\b\lang1033\langfe2057\langnp1033\insrsid8392187 \par }\pard \s15\ql \li0\ri0\sb100\sa240\sbauto1\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\ipgp1\pararsid8392187 {\b\ul\lang1033\langfe2057\langnp1033\insrsid5403053\charrsid8200333 BEFORE: }{ \b\ul\lang1033\langfe2057\langnp1033\insrsid5403053\charrsid7744882 THE}{\ul\lang1033\langfe2057\langnp1033\insrsid5403053\charrsid8200333 }{\b\ul\lang1033\langfe2057\langnp1033\insrsid5403053\charrsid8200333 HON. MR. AG. JUSTICE }{ \b\ul\lang1033\langfe2057\langnp1033\insrsid7744882\charrsid8200333 P. }{\b\ul\lang1033\langfe2057\langnp1033\insrsid5403053\charrsid8200333 K. }{\b\ul\lang1033\langfe2057\langnp1033\insrsid7744882\charrsid7744882 MU}{ \b\ul\lang1033\langfe2057\langnp1033\insrsid5403053\charrsid7744882 GAMBA}{\ul\lang1033\langfe2057\langnp1033\insrsid5403053\charrsid8200333 \line }{\ul\lang1033\langfe2057\langnp1033\insrsid7744882 \par }\pard \s15\qc

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instructed the Defendant to provide them with a motor vehicle. It appears the Defendant di d not have one of its own to supply. Rental was agreed at Shs.180}{\lang1033\langfe2057\langnp1033\insrsid7744882\charrsid8200333 , 000}{\lang1033\langfe2057\langnp1033\insrsid5403053\charrsid8200333 /= for each of the five days. As fees the Defendant was to get Shs.80}{\lang1033\langfe2057\langnp1033\insrsid7744882\charrsid8200333 , 000}{\lang1033\langfe2057\langnp1033\insrsid5403053\charrsid8200333 /=. The United States Embassy took delivery of the motor vehicle but before the vehicle could be returned it was involved in an accident near Kotido. The vehicle, }{\lang1033\langfe2057\langnp1033\insrsid7744882 which by now was damaged, was }{ \lang1033\langfe2057\langnp1033\insrsid5403053\charrsid8200333 towed to Kampala where it was parked in the compound of the United States Embassy at Bugolobi. The Plaintiff sues the Defendant in Civil Suit No.97 of 2000 for: \line }{ \lang1033\langfe2057\langnp1033\insrsid7744882 \par }{\lang1033\langfe2057\langnp1033\insrsid5403053\charrsid8200333 (a) }{\lang1033\langfe2057\langnp1033\insrsid7744882 \tab }{\lang1033\langfe2057\langnp1033\insrsid5403053\charrsid8200333 Pre-accident value of the vehicle of Shs.15}{ \lang1033\langfe2057\langnp1033\insrsid7744882\charrsid8200333 , 000}{\lang1033\langfe2057\langnp1033\insrsid5403053\charrsid8200333 ,

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(}{\lang1033\langfe2057\langnp1033\insrsid5403053\charrsid8200333 e) }{\lang1033\langfe2057\langnp1033\insrsid7744882 \tab }{\lang1033\langfe2057\langnp1033\insrsid5403053\charrsid8200333 Interest on the above at 30% from the date of filing this suit until final settlement. \line }{\lang1033\langfe2057\langnp1033\insrsid7744882 \par }\pard \s15\ql \li0\ri0\sb100\sa240\sbauto1\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\ipgp1\pararsid7744882 {\lang1033\langfe2057\langnp1033\insrsid5403053\charrsid8200333 In its application for third party notice the Defendant contends that it acted as agent of the intended third party, the United States of America, when it h ired the motor vehicle. That the United States of America was principal. It further contends that lack of diligence on the part of the principal led to the accident and consequential damage and that the United States of America is either personally liable or vicariously liable for the acts of its servants or agents or employees as these were acting in the course and scope of their employment. \line }{\lang1033\langfe2057\langnp1033\insrsid7744882 \par }\pard \s15\ql \li0\ri0\sb100\sa240\sbauto1\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\ipgp1\pararsid3303089 {\lang1033\langfe2057\langnp1033\insrsid5403053\charrsid8200333 The third party notice applied for seeks

for the United States of America to be joined in order that in the event of the Defendant being found liable there will be indemnity available to it by the United States of America}{ \lang1033\langfe2057\langnp1033\insrsid7744882 as third party. The }{\lang1033\langfe2057\langnp1033\insrsid5403053\charrsid8200333 position is apparently premised on the law of agency. That being the case, since there is no express agreement between the Defendant and the intended third party the right to indemnity may be implied from the circumstances of this particular case. \line } {\lang1033\langfe2057\langnp1033\insrsid7744882 \par }{\lang1033\langfe2057\langnp1033\insrsid5403053\charrsid8200333 In my view of the relationship between the Plaintiff and the Defendant on one hand and the Defendant and the intended third party on the other it would be far-fetched to regard the United States of America as principal, disclosed or undisclosed. The facts show that the Defendant in its own right approached the Plaintiff for hire of a motor vehicle. In turn the Defendant in its sweet t i me hired out the motor vehicle to the Embassy of the United States of America. Clearly, no principal was disclosed and as such no agency is in existence. Any reference to an agency is by the Defendant alone. The Plaintiff does not allude to it. I cannot t herefore see where the Defendant would be premised to seek

indemnity from the intended third party on the basis of agency. I reject such a claim. \line }{\lang1033\langfe2057\langnp1033\insrsid7744882 \par }{\lang1033\langfe2057\langnp1033\insrsid5403053\charrsid8200333 Another consideration should be the relationship between the suit against the Defendant on the one hand and wh at its claim against the intended third party is likely to be. What emerges from the written statement of defence and the application hereto is reference to agency. The written statement of defence goes further to highlight the existence of a contract bet w een the Defendant and the intended third party and breach of the same by the third party. Suffice it to say that the terms of that agreement are yet to be disclosed! The case of the Plaintiff against the Defendant is premised on breach of contract. Clearl y}{\lang1033\langfe2057\langnp1033\insrsid6511587 }{\lang1033\langfe2057\langnp1033\insrsid5403053\charrsid8200333 the }{\lang1033\langfe2057\langnp1033\insrsid5403053\charrsid6511587 causes}{ \i\lang1033\langfe2057\langnp1033\insrsid5403053\charrsid8200333 }{\lang1033\langfe2057\langnp1033\insrsid5403053\charrsid8200333 of action in the cla}{\lang1033\langfe2057\langnp1033\insrsid6511587 ims of the two parties are at a }{ \lang1033\langfe2057\langnp1033\insrsid5403053\charrsid8200333 tangent. They cannot be reconciled. In

}{\ul\lang1033\langfe2057\langnp1033\insrsid5403053\charrsid8200333 Yafesi Walusimbi }{\ul\lang1033\langfe2057\langnp1033\insrsid6511587\charrsid8200333 vs.}{\ul\lang1033\langfe2057\langnp1033\insrsid6511587 Attorney General [1959]}{\ul\lang1033\langfe2057\langnp1033\insrsid5403053\charrsid8200333 EA 223 at page 225 }{\lang1033\langfe2057\langnp1033\insrsid5403053\charrsid8200333 Lyon J. property put the position thus: \line }{\lang1033\langfe2057\langnp1033\insrsid6511587 \par }\pard \s15\ql \fi720\li0\ri0\sb100\sa240\sbauto1\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\ipgp1\pararsid6511587 {\lang1033\langfe2057\langnp1033\insrsid5403053\charrsid8200333 \'93 In my opinion two things are clear in the third party procedure: \line }{\lang1033\langfe2057\langnp1033\insrsid6511587 \par }\pard \s15\ql \fi-720\li1440\ri0\sb100\sa240\sbauto1\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin1440\itap0\ipgp1\pararsid6511587 {\lang1033\langfe2057\langnp1033\insrsid5403053\charrsid8200333 (1)}{ \lang1033\langfe2057\langnp1033\insrsid6511587 \tab }{\lang1033\langfe2057\langnp1033\insrsid5403053\charrsid8200333 in order that a third party may be legally joined the subject matter of the suit must be the same and \line }{ \lang1033\langfe2057\langnp1033\insrsid6511587 \par }{\lang1033\langfe2057\langnp1033\insrsid5403053\charrsid8200333 (2)

}{\lang1033\langfe2057\langnp1033\insrsid6511587 \tab }{\lang1033\langfe2057\langnp1033\insrsid5403053\charrsid8200333 the original cause of action must be the same. In the instant case the plaintiff\rquote s claim is based on negligence. On the other hand the defendant\rquote s claim as against the third party is based on a different tort - fraud - while the third party \rquote s claim as against the fourth party is based upon fraud and/or breach of contract.\'94 \line }{\lang1033\langfe2057\langnp1033\insrsid6511587 \par }\pard \s15\ql \li0\ri0\sb100\sa240\sbauto1\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\ipgp1\pararsid6511587 {\lang1033\langfe2057\langnp1033\insrsid5403053\charrsid8200333 In the }{ \ul\lang1033\langfe2057\langnp1033\insrsid5403053\charrsid8200333 Walusimbi case }{\lang1033\langfe2057\langnp1033\insrsid5403053\charrsid8200333 court ordered that because ther e subsisted different causes of action orders giving leave for third party notices be set aside. Court quoted with approval the case of }{\ul\lang1033\langfe2057\langnp1033\insrsid5403053\charrsid8200333 Birmingham and District Land Company }{ \ul\lang1033\langfe2057\langnp1033\insrsid6511587\charrsid8200333 vs.}{\ul\lang1033\langfe2057\langnp1033\insrsid5403053\charrsid8200333 London and North Western Railway Company

}{\lang1033\langfe2057\langnp1033\insrsid5403053\charrsid8200333 (1887), 34 Ch. D 261 concerning a rule similar to our Order 1 rule 14. The court stated: \line }{\lang1033\langfe2057\langnp1033\insrsid6511587 \par }\pard \s15\ql \li720\ri0\sb100\sa240\sbauto1\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\ipgp1\pararsid6511587 {\lang1033\langfe2057\langnp1033\insrsid5403053\charrsid8200333 \'93 in order to bring a case within O. XV1 r 48, it is not enough that if the plaintiff succeeds the defendant will have a claim for damages against the third party, but the defendant must have against the thir d party a direct right to indemnity as such, which right must-gen}{\lang1033\langfe2057\langnp1033\insrsid6511587 erally, if not always -arise }{\lang1033\langfe2057\langnp1033\insrsid5403053\charrsid8200333 from a contract expressed or implied.\'94 \line }{\lang1033\langfe2057\langnp1033\insrsid6511587 \par }\pard \s15\ql \li0\ri0\sb100\sa240\sbauto1\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\ipgp1\pararsid6511587 {\lang1033\langfe2057\langnp1033\insrsid5403053\charrsid8200333 The words of Bowen L. J. in the }{ \ul\lang1033\langfe2057\langnp1033\insrsid5403053\charrsid8200333 Birmingham and District Land Company }{\lang1033\langfe2057\langnp1033\insrsid5403053\charrsid8200333 case (ibid) at page 274 deserve quoting in this

ma}{ \lang1033\langfe2057\langnp1033\insrsid6511587 tter. He stated: \line \par }\pard \s15\ql \li720\ri0\sb100\sa240\sbauto1\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\ipgp1\pararsid6511587 {\lang1033\langfe2057\langnp1033\insrsid6511587 \'93}{ \lang1033\langfe2057\langnp1033\insrsid5403053\charrsid8200333 - But it is quite clear to my mind that a right to damages, which is all that the Defendants have here if they are entitled}{\lang1033\langfe2057\langnp1033\insrsid6511587 to anything, is not a right to }{\lang1033\langfe2057\langnp1033\insrsid5403053\charrsid8200333 indemnity as such. It is the converse of such a right. A right to indemnity as su ch is given by the original bargain between the parties. The right to damages is given in consequence of the breach of the original contract between the parties. It is an incident which the law attaches to the breach of a contract, and is not a provision of the contract itself. \line }{\lang1033\langfe2057\langnp1033\insrsid3046558 \par }\pard \s15\ql \li0\ri0\sb100\sa240\sbauto1\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\ipgp1\pararsid3046558 {\lang1033\langfe2057\langnp1033\insrsid5403053\charrsid8200333 In the circumstances I am inclined to reject the Defendant\rquote s application as the facts attending it do not support great of such leave. \line

}{\lang1033\langfe2057\langnp1033\insrsid3046558 \par }\pard \s15\qc \li0\ri0\sb100\sa240\sbauto1\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\ipgp1\pararsid3046558 {\lang1033\langfe2057\langnp1033\insrsid5403053\charrsid8200333 P. K. MUGAMBA \line }{ \b\ul\lang1033\langfe2057\langnp1033\insrsid5403053\charrsid8200333 AG. JUDGE }{\b\lang1033\langfe2057\langnp1033\insrsid5403053\charrsid8200333 \line }{\lang1033\langfe2057\langnp1033\insrsid5403053\charrsid8200333 29/02/2000 \line }{ \b\lang1033\langfe2057\langnp1033\insrsid5403053\charrsid3046558 \par }\pard\plain \ql \li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3303089 \fs24\lang2057\langfe2057\cgrid\langnp2057\langfenp2057 {\lang1033\langfe2057\langnp1033\insrsid5403053\charrsid8200333 \par }}

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