Uganda Case Law

Namakula v Lukwebe

Namakula v Lukwebe (Miscellaneous Application 1024 of 2023) [2024] UGHCFD 47 (18 April 2024)

Court

HC: Family Division (Uganda)

Case number

Miscellaneous Application 1024 of 2023

Judge

Echookit, J

The court found that the applicant failed to prove that the consent certificate of taxation was vitiated by mistake, fraud, or misrepresentation, or that she was ignorant of its material contents. The applicant's main grievance was the amount agreed upon, which she had the opportunity to contest through taxation but instead consented to. The court held that the consent certificate must comply with the Judicature (Court Bailiffs) Rules, specifically the prescribed scale of fees. If the consent is found not to be in consonance with these rules, the taxing master is directed to tax the responden…

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• Review Of Consent Orders
• Taxation Of Costs
• Court Bailiffs Fees
• Unjust Enrichment
• Remedies In Family Disputes

Gaba Beach Hotel Ltd v Cairo International Bank Ltd (HCT-00-CC-MA 10 of 2005)

Gaba Beach Hotel Ltd v Cairo International Bank Ltd (HCT-00-CC-MA 10 of 2005) [2005] UGCommC 41 (14 July 2005)

Court

Commercial Court of Uganda

Case number

HCT-00-CC-MA 10 of 2005

Appeal from taxation partly succeeded: the court held the bailiff was not entitled to sale fees where no sale occurred and remitted the bill for taxation.

• Taxation Of Costs
• Execution Of Judgments
• Court Bailiffs Fees
• Taxation-of-costs
• Execution-of-judgments
• Court-bailiff-fees

Githunguri and Collins Architechts v Uganda Communications Commission (High Court Miscellaneous Application No. 1017 of 2000)

Githunguri and Collins Architechts v Uganda Communications Commission (High Court Miscellaneous Application No. 1017 of 2000) [1999] UGCommC 100 (31 December 1999)

Court

Commercial Court of Uganda

Case number

High Court Miscellaneous Application No. 1017 of 2000

The High Court set aside a registrar’s taxation of court bailiffs’ fees, holding that the wrong fee scale was used and no attachment of movable property occurred.

• Taxation Of Costs
• Court Bailiffs Fees
• Scale Of Fees
• Execution Of Judgments
• Taxation-of-costs
• Court-bailiffs-fees