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Civil Procedure [2025] UGHC 461

Gideon Mwesigye and Others v Namara Edith

Gideon Mwesigye and Others v Namara Edith (Civil Miscellaneous Application 338 of 2024) [2025] UGHC 461 (30 June 2025)

The High Court of Uganda dismissed an application for judgment on admission, finding that the respondent had filed a reply to the counterclaim and made no clear admission.

  • Judgment On Admission
  • Counterclaim Procedure
  • Reply To Counterclaim
  • Family Land Disputes
  • Judgment-on-admission
  • Counterclaim-procedure
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Civil Procedure [2024] UGHC 1070

The Registered Trustees of Child Restoration Outreach v Departed Asian Property Custodian Board & 2 Others

The Registered Trustees of Child Restoration Outreach v Departed Asian Property Custodian Board & 2 Others (Miscellaneous Application 121 of 2024) [2024] UGHC 1070 (14 November 2024)

The High Court granted leave to file a reply to a counterclaim out of time, but ordered the applicant to pay costs after finding the delay was not sufficiently explained.

  • Extension Of Time
  • Default Judgment
  • Reply To Counterclaim
  • Judicial Discretion
  • Extension-of-time
  • Counterclaim
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Civil Procedure [2024] UGHC 1033

Mutooro and Another v Monday and 3 Others

Mutooro and Another v Monday and 3 Others (Miscellaneous Application 38 of 2024) [2024] UGHC 1033 (30 October 2024)

The court found that the delay in filing the reply to the counterclaim was due to a mistake by the applicants' advocate, who failed to notice the counterclaim after it was served on his clerk. The court held that such a mistake, though negligent, constitutes sufficient cause for granting leave to file a reply out of time, as established by binding authorities. The court further considered that both the main suit and the counterclaim concern ownership of the same land, and it is in the interests of justice and fairness that both claims be heard and determined on their merits in a single procee…

  • Extension Of Time
  • Counterclaim Procedure
  • Mistake Of Advocate
  • Default Judgment
  • Reply To Counterclaim
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