Krone Uganda Limited v Kerilee Investments Limited
Krone Uganda Limited v Kerilee Investments Limited (Civil Miscellaneous Application No. 306 of 2019) [2021] UGCommC 16 (21 May 2021)
The court found that the respondent company, though not registered in Uganda at the time of instituting the suit, was a duly incorporated entity in the United Kingdom and thus had legal personality and capacity to sue and be sued in Uganda. The applicant's argument that the suit was incompetent due to lack of registration was rejected, as registration under the Companies Act is only required for establishing a place of business, not for legal personality. The court further determined that the consent judgment was vitiated by collusion, as the applicant's director was induced to sign the conse…
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- Setting Aside Consent Judgment
- Collusion In Court Proceedings
- Capacity To Sue
- Foreign Company Registration
- Misrepresentation
- Court Policy