Uganda Case Law

Singh v Ghai and Sons (C.A. 13/1936.)

Singh v Ghai and Sons (C.A. 13/1936.) [1936] EACA 55 (1 January 1936)

Court

East African Court of Appeal

Case number

C.A. 13/1936.

Judge

Law, C.J (Zanzibar), Lucie-Smith Ag CJ (Kenya), Webb, J

The Court of Appeal held that the learned Chief Justice did not draw a wrong inference from the facts. The respondents had an independent title to the truck, having purchased it from a third party, and the hire-purchase agreement was genuine and not a disguised loan. The evidence did not support the appellant's contention that the transaction was a sham or that the agreement was a bill of sale requiring registration. The Court distinguished the present facts from those in Maas v. Pepper and Johnson v. Rees, where the property originally belonged to the transferee and the transaction was found…

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• Hire Purchase Agreements
• Bills Of Sale
• Registration Requirements
• Sham Transactions
• Inference Of Fact

Damji v Neb (C.A. 13/1930.)

Damji v Neb (C.A. 13/1930.) [1930] EACA 25 (1 January 1930)

Court

East African Court of Appeal

Case number

C.A. 13/1930.

Judge

Pickering, C.J. (Zanzibar), Sheridan CJ, Thomas, J. (Kenya)

The Court of Appeal for Eastern Africa held that omitting statutory interest wording from a bill of sale was a misleading departure from form and rendered it void.

• Bills Of Sale
• Statutory Form Requirements
• Secured Transactions
• Bankruptcy Proceedings
• Bills-of-sale
• Statutory-form-requirements