Rurangaranga & Anor v Horizone courches
Rurangaranga & Anor v Horizone courches [2009] UGSC 30 (5 August 2009)
The Supreme Court held that the respondent's failure to serve copies of the notice of appeal on all persons directly affected by the appeal, specifically its co-defendants, constituted a failure to take an essential step in the appeal process and a violation of rule 74(1) of the Supreme Court Rules. The rule is mandatory, and unless the court directs otherwise, all directly affected parties must be served. The respondent did not seek or obtain such direction from the court. The fact that the co-defendants did not participate in the Court of Appeal proceedings did not exempt the respondent fro…
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- Service Of Process
- Notice Of Appeal
- Affected Parties
- Essential Steps In Appeal
- Court Of Appeal Procedure