Uganda Case Law

Industrial Coffee Growers Uganda Limited v Kyaggwe Coffee Curing Company Limited and Another

Industrial Coffee Growers Uganda Limited v Kyaggwe Coffee Curing Company Limited and Another (Civil Appeal 52 of 2002) [2005] UGCA 89 (23 February 2005)

Court

Court of Appeal of Uganda

Case number

Civil Appeal 52 of 2002

Judge

Mpagi-Bahigeine, JA, Engwau, JA, Twinomujuni, JA

The Court of Appeal held that the respondents never agreed to sell or lease the suit property to the appellant, as the 1st respondent did not own the property and any purported offers were not made by the actual owner, the 2nd respondent. The evidence did not establish that Antoni Tamale was acting on behalf of the appellant, and the correspondence was addressed to him personally. The principle of separate corporate personality applied, and there was no basis to lift the corporate veil between the two respondent companies. The appellant failed to prove that it made improvements to the propert…

Source excerpt

• Company Law
• Corporate Veil
• Property Ownership
• Compensation For Improvements
• Breach Of Contract