Namuli & Anor v Kaggwa (Small Cliams Procedure Revision 6 of 2019)
Namuli & Anor v Kaggwa (Small Cliams Procedure Revision 6 of 2019) [2020] UGCommC 19 (30 June 2020)
The High Court found that the trial Magistrate had jurisdiction to hear the dispute, as the relationship between the parties was a hire purchase agreement, not a contract for service or employment, and thus not excluded from small claims jurisdiction. The alleged irregularities and misdirections raised by the Applicants were matters of judicial discretion and evidence evaluation, which are not grounds for revision under Section 83 of the Civil Procedure Act but are instead appealable issues, for which no right of appeal exists in small claims matters. The denial of opportunity to the 2nd Appl…
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- Small Claims Revision
- Jurisdiction Of Magistrates
- Hire Purchase Contracts
- Burden Of Proof
- Natural Justice
- Fair Hearing