Ssekamwa v UMEME Ltd
Ssekamwa v UMEME Ltd (Civil Suit No. 482 of 2013) [2014] UGCommC 105 (6 August 2014)
The court found that the plaintiff was not a stranger to the contract for electricity supply, as evidenced by the Deed of Acknowledgement of Debt and Undertaking to Pay attached to the plaint, which was executed between the plaintiff and the defendant. The agreement established a direct contractual relationship and assigned rights and obligations to the plaintiff. Therefore, the plaintiff enjoyed a right under the contract, and the pleadings disclosed facts indicating a possible violation of that right by the defendant. The preliminary objection did not raise a pure point of law capable of di…
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- Cause Of Action
- Contractual Privity
- Preliminary Objection
- Locus Standai
- Pleadings
- Assignment Of Contracts