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Dr. Nalubega Maimuna v Semakula Ismael and Millennium Estates Developers (Civil Suit No. 127 of 2017) [2025] UGHC 566 (18 June 2025)
High Court of Uganda found the defendants breached land sale contracts, awarded refund, compensation, general damages, interest, and costs, and declined specific performance.
Edmund Akatukwasa v Gershom Kanyaruju and Anor - (HCT-00-CC-CS 1017 of 2004) [2006] UGCommC 23 (29 May 2006)
The High Court held the first defendant liable for bounced cheques and the second defendant liable for the unpaid balance after a vehicle sale arrangement failed.
Lunco Constructors Ltd v Attorney General and Anor (HCT-00-CC-CS 318 of 2004) [2006] UGCommC 3 (23 January 2006)
The court held that the Plaintiff was not a party to the contract between the 1st Defendant (Attorney General/Ministry of Water, Lands & Environment) and the 2nd Defendant (Combine Services Ltd). The Plaintiff was only a sub-contractor to the 2nd Defendant and, as such, was a stranger to the main contract. The law of privity of contract prohibits a stranger from enforcing contractual rights unless there is a statutory exception or a valid assignment or novation, none of which was pleaded or proved in this case. The Plaintiff's claim against the 1st Defendant was therefore misconceived, as any…
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EA Development Bank v Blenders Uganda Limited (Civil Suit 306 of 1993) [1993] UGHC 36 (29 November 1993)
The court found that after the attachment of the applicant's property, a tripartite agreement was reached between the applicant, respondent, and N. G. General Ltd., whereby N. G. General Ltd. assumed liability to pay the judgment debt in place of the applicant, with the respondent's consent. This constituted novation, releasing the applicant from liability and substituting N. G. General Ltd. as the new debtor. The respondent accepted post-dated cheques from N. G. General Ltd. and instructed the release of the attached property, effectively treating the matter as settled. The court held that t…
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Lalji v Ahmed (C.A. 14/1933.) [1933] EACA 2 (1 January 1933)
The Court of Appeal held that the respondent was not a 'debtor' within the meaning of the Deeds of Arrangement Ordinance as construed by reference to the Bankruptcy Ordinance, 1930, and therefore the deed did not require registration in Kenya. The arrangement did not operate as a release of the original debts until payment of the composition was made, and the right of action on the promissory notes was suspended, not extinguished. The respondent's failure to procure and tender the promissory notes as stipulated in the deed entitled the appellant to revive his original cause of action. The exi…
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