Uganda Case Law

Lambrou and Another v Rodoussakis

Lambrou and Another v Rodoussakis (Civil Appeal No. 26 of 1956) [1950] EACA 247 (1 January 1950)

Court

East African Court of Appeal

Case number

Civil Appeal No. 26 of 1956

Judge

Briggs, JA, Sinclair, VP, Worley, P

The Court held that the amended plaint did not introduce a new cause of action, as the respondent's claim consistently sought her rightful share of estate revenue. The effective date for limitation was the filing of the original plaint, not the amendment. The preliminary adjudication by Mahon, J. was a judgment giving rise to a preliminary decree, not an interlocutory order, and thus was not appealable at this stage. On the factual issue, the Court found that the respondent was fraudulently induced to sign exhibit 1, and no genuine settlement of accounts occurred. The appeal was dismissed, an…

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• Limitation Periods
• Amendment Of Pleadings
• Partnership Accounts
• Co-ownership Disputes
• Fraudulent Misrepresentation

Singh v Singh (C.C. No. 127/1935)

Singh v Singh (C.C. No. 127/1935) [1937] EACA 210 (1 January 1937)

Court

East African Court of Appeal

Case number

C.C. No. 127/1935

Judge

Horne J

The court held that the English Partition Acts applied in Kenya and ordered sale of jointly held property where partition was impracticable.

• Partition Of Property
• Sale Instead Of Partition
• Co-ownership Disputes
• Partition-of-property
• Sale-in-lieu-of-partition
• Co-ownership-disputes