Mubiru v Mwanja
Mubiru v Mwanja (Miscellaneous Application 1092 of 2020) [2023] UGHCCD 324 (24 October 2023)
The court found that the applicant failed to establish any grounds for setting aside the consent judgment and order. The alleged duress related to the original agreement, not the execution of the consents, and the applicant had opportunities to challenge the agreement but chose to consent. The evidence showed that the applicant freely entered into the consents in the presence of his lawyer and judicial officers, and there was no proof of unlawful or wrongful pressure amounting to duress. The claims of fraud were unsupported by evidence, and the transaction was a land sale, not a money lending…
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- Setting Aside Consent Judgment
- Duress In Contracts
- Fraud In Civil Procedure
- Public Policy In Contracts
- Interest On Land Transactions