Nsereko & Anor Vs Ndawula Kaweesi (Civil Appeal No. 71 of 2015) [2017] UGCA 20 (14 September 2017)
Court
Court of Appeal of Uganda
Case number
Civil Appeal No. 71 of 2015
The Court of Appeal found that the appellants were duly represented by counsel on 24th January 2011 when the matter was adjourned to 4th March 2011, and therefore there was no requirement to issue a fresh hearing notice. The appellants failed to provide any sufficient cause for their absence on the hearing date, and their subsequent application to set aside the ex-parte judgment was filed three years after the judgment, amounting to dilatory conduct. The court held that the trial judge was justified in dismissing the application to set aside the ex-parte judgment. Furthermore, the substantive…