Uganda Case Law

Crane Finance Co. Ltd v Makerere Properties Ltd

Crane Finance Co. Ltd v Makerere Properties Ltd (Civil Appeal 1 of 2001) [2002] UGSC 11 (11 February 2002)

Court

Supreme Court of Uganda

Case number

Civil Appeal 1 of 2001

Judge

Mulenga, JSC, Kanyeihamba, JSC, Mukasa-Kikonyogo, JSC, Oder, JSC, Karokora, JSC

The Supreme Court held that Rule 4 of the Court of Appeal Rules empowers the court to extend time for the doing of any act required by the rules, whether before or after the expiration of the time and whether before or after the act is done. The intended effect of such extension is to bring the act within the time as so extended, thereby validating acts done out of time. The Court of Appeal erred in treating the appeal as a nullity incapable of validation, as the extension of time granted by Kitumba J.A. had the legal effect of validating the late filing and service of the record of appeal. T…

Source excerpt

• Extension Of Time
• Validation Of Appeal
• Court Of Appeal Rules
• Nullity Of Appeal
• Service Of Documents