Mona International Cargo & Management Company Limited & 4 Others v Stanbic Bank Uganda Limited
Mona International Cargo & Management Company Limited & 4 Others v Stanbic Bank Uganda Limited (Miscellaneous Application 2982 of 2023) [2025] UGCommC 24 (12 March 2025)
The court found that service of the amended summons and plaint was effective because the process server delivered them to the 4th Applicant, a director and authorized agent of the 1st Applicant company, who then instructed the process server to serve the documents onto the Applicants' advocates. The misnomer in the name of the 1st Applicant was deemed a minor technicality that was promptly corrected and did not affect the substance of the claim or the identity of the parties. The Applicants' argument that their legal counsel lacked instructions was rejected, as the time to apply for leave to…
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- Default Judgment
- Service Of Process
- Leave To Defend
- Corporate Parties
- Summary Suit