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Kisoke and Another v Katalihwa (Miscellaneous Application No. 118 of 2022) [2023] UGHCCD 103 (17 April 2023)
The High Court dismissed an application to adduce additional evidence on appeal, finding most documents were already known at trial and the rest departed from the pleaded case.
Angubua v Housing Finance Bank (U) Ltd and Others (Miscellaneous Application No. 434 of 2022) [2023] UGHCCD 74 (31 March 2023)
The court found that the applicant's request for discovery of documents related to bonus payments was not relevant to the resolution of the main suit, which concerned only the lawfulness of his summary dismissal and breach of contract. The applicant did not plead any claim for bonus payments in his main suit, and the documents sought would only serve to introduce a new cause of action not before the court. The application amounted to a fishing expedition, as the applicant failed to demonstrate how the requested documents were material to the pleaded issues. Furthermore, the court recognized t…
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Mandevia v Standard Bank of South Africa, Limited (Civil Case No. 19 of 1943) [1944] EACA 20 (1 January 1944)
The court held that a document may be inspected if it could assist the suit, even if the applicant was not a party to it or had not seen it before.
