Attorney General v Oriental Construction Co. Limited
Attorney General v Oriental Construction Co. Limited (Civil Application 19 of 1990) [1991] UGSC 18 (18 April 1991)
The Supreme Court found that while the applicant failed to provide a sufficient explanation for the 14-month delay in lodging the appeal—since neither bad faith nor fraud by the State Attorney was established—the public importance of the case, involving a substantial payment in foreign currency from public funds for an inherited obligation, warranted the exercise of the court's discretion to extend time. The court held that the obligation to pay under the contract was a matter of public responsibility, and the interests of Ugandan citizens in the expenditure of public funds justified hearing…
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- Extension Of Time
- Delay In Appeal
- Public Interest In Contracts
- Government Liability