Uganda Case Law

Ms Marketing Support Services Limited v Administrator General

Ms Marketing Support Services Limited v Administrator General (Miscellaneous Application 2834 of 2023) [2025] UGHCLD 127 (8 July 2025)

Court

HC: Land Division (Uganda)

Case number

Miscellaneous Application 2834 of 2023

Judge

Kazaarwe, J

The High Court granted leave for a third party notice against the Administrator General, finding a sufficient basis for contribution or indemnity over land transferred to the applicant.

• Third Party Notice
• Contribution And Indemnity
• Transfer Of Land
• Estate Administration
• Third-party-notice
• Contribution-indemnity

Commissioner for Transport v Boero aand Co. (E.A.) Ltd

Commissioner for Transport v Boero aand Co. (E.A.) Ltd (Civil Suit No. 1509 of 1953) [1954] EACA 9 (1 January 1954)

Court

East African Court of Appeal

Case number

Civil Suit No. 1509 of 1953

Judge

Cram J

Order I, rule 18 of the Civil Procedure Ordinance confines the third party procedure to determining the liability of the third party to make contribution or indemnity to the defendant and does not empower the defendant to seek joinder of the third party as a co-defendant. The Ugandan rules must be applied as they stand, without importing the broader English procedures under Order XVI A. The court found that there is a proper question to be tried regarding the third party's liability to indemnify the defendant, and ordered that this question be determined at the trial. The application to join…

Source excerpt

• Third Party Procedure
• Joinder Of Parties
• Contribution And Indemnity
• Application Of English Rules