Isikwize v Baguma
Isikwize v Baguma (Civil Suit 22 of 2019) [2025] UGHC 136 (28 February 2025)
The court found that the misquotation of the suit number in its ruling dated 27th February 2023 constituted an accidental slip or clerical error, which is rectifiable under Section 99 of the Civil Procedure Act (the slip rule). The error did not affect the substance of the decision but was a technical mistake in the citation of the suit number, likely caused by the similarity to the original case number. The court confirmed its inherent power to correct such errors to give effect to its manifest intention, provided the correction does not amount to a substantive review or alteration of the ju…
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- Slip Rule Corrections
- Clerical Errors In Judgments
- Dismissal For Want Of Prosecution
- Case Number Rectification