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Civil Procedure [2024] UGHC 562

Nahabwe & 2 Others v Kyepaka

Nahabwe & 2 Others v Kyepaka (Miscellaneous Application 27 of 2022) [2024] UGHC 562 (28 June 2024)

The High Court of Uganda held that affidavits sworn by two applicants were based on their own knowledge and not in representative capacity, and overruled the preliminary objection.

  • Affidavit Defects
  • Representative Capacity
  • Preliminary Objection
  • Liberal Approach To Procedure
  • Affidavit-defects
  • Preliminary-objection
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Civil Procedure [2023] UGHC 115

Wagabaza v Olira and Another

Wagabaza v Olira and Another (Civil Suit 146 of 2017) [2023] UGHC 115 (1 June 2023)

The High Court at Jinja dismissed a civil suit as incompetent because it was filed through a next kin without the required written authority.

  • Locus Standi
  • Next Friend Procedure
  • Representative Capacity
  • Res Judicata
  • Court Bailiff Immunity
  • Locus-standi
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Civil Procedure [2021] UGHCCD 211

Aribariho v Nakayiki

Aribariho v Nakayiki (Miscellaneous Application No. 56 of 2021) [2021] UGHCCD 211 (5 November 2021)

The High Court struck out a plaint signed by a person claiming to act as attorney without a valid power of attorney at filing, holding the defect fatal.

  • Powers Of Attorney
  • Defective Pleadings
  • Representative Capacity
  • Striking Out Plaint
  • Court Process Signing
  • Powers-of-attorney
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Civil Procedure [1993] UGHC 2

David Mukasa Sendaula & Anor V Christine Nakalanzi & Anor

David Mukasa Sendaula & Anor V Christine Nakalanzi & Anor (Civil Suit No. 423 of 1991) [1993] UGHC 2 (18 August 1993)

The High Court of Uganda held that a land suit based on alleged fraud was not time-barred, because limitation ran from discovery of the fraud in 1983.

  • Limitation Periods
  • Fraud In Land Transactions
  • Representative Capacity
  • Caveats And Encumbrances
  • Limitation-periods
  • Fraud-in-land-transactions
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