Abdala v Agony
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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- Review Of Judgment
- Death Of Party
- Legal Representatives
- Post Judgment Proceedings