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Atim and Another v Opio (Miscellaneous Application 16 of 2024) [2024] UGHC 735 (12 July 2024)
The High Court dismissed an application to review arrest-and-detention orders for taxed costs, finding the applicants were properly substituted and served through counsel.
Lukwago and Another v Katabula (Miscellaneous Application 216 of 2023) [2023] UGHCLD 197 (11 July 2023)
The High Court granted an unopposed application to substitute the applicants as legal representatives of a deceased party and revive the suit, with no costs.
Kateregga v Muyingo and 2 Others (HCCS 647 of 2020) [2022] UGHCLD 129 (12 July 2022)
The court found that the plaint did not disclose a cause of action against the defendants because the alleged acts of fraud and trespass were committed by the late Zipola Namakula, not the defendants, who are merely her children and not her legal representatives. Under the Succession Act, only the executor or administrator of a deceased's estate can be sued for such acts. Furthermore, the suit was filed thirteen years after the alleged fraudulent transfer and more than six years after the alleged trespass, making it barred by the Limitation Act. The court emphasized that statutory limitation…
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Abdala v Agony (Miscellaneous Civil Application No. 0067 of 2016) [2017] UGHCFD 3 (2 March 2017)
The court held that although the judgment was delivered after the death of the defendant, the deceased had participated fully in the trial up to the closure of evidence and submissions. Therefore, the judgment itself was not a nullity and would not be set aside. However, all post-judgment proceedings, including execution and assessment of costs, required the legal representatives of the deceased to be brought on record. Since this was not done, those proceedings were a nullity and were set aside. The court clarified that review is not available for mere errors of law or for decisions where an…
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