Mwesigwa v Petrol Uganda (Civil Application 129 of 2019) [2019] UGCA 2104 (28 May 2019)
Court
Court of Appeal of Uganda
Case number
Civil Application 129 of 2019
Judge
Barishaki-Cheborion, JA
A single judge of the Court of Appeal granted an interim stay of execution, holding that the applicant met the conditions for interim relief and should provide security.
Mwesigwa v Petro Uganda Limited (Civil Application 105 of 2019) [2019] UGCA 2102 (23 April 2019)
Court
Court of Appeal of Uganda
Case number
Civil Application 105 of 2019
Judge
Madrama, JA
The Court held that a single judge of the Court of Appeal lacks jurisdiction to grant a stay of execution pending appeal to the Supreme Court where there is no pending matter before the Court of Appeal. Section 12(1) of the Judicature Act only empowers a single judge to exercise powers in interlocutory matters pending before the Court of Appeal, not where the appeal is to the Supreme Court and no substantive matter is before the Court of Appeal. Rule 53(2)(b) of the Court of Appeal Rules also bars a single judge from hearing applications for stay of execution. The application was therefore in…