Kawooya Kigongo Vs Attorney General & Anor (Civil Application No. 347 of 2018) [2019] UGCA 127 (28 May 2019)
Court
Court of Appeal of Uganda
Case number
Civil Application No. 347 of 2018
The Court of Appeal dismissed an application to extend time to file a notice of appeal after the applicant had filed and then voluntarily withdrawn an earlier notice.
Kiffundu v The Attorney General (Civil Appeal 27 of 1993) [1993] UGSC 39 (11 August 1993)
Court
Supreme Court of Uganda
Case number
Civil Appeal 27 of 1993
Judge
Manyindo, DCJ, Oder, JSC, Platt, JSC
The Supreme Court held that the trial judge erred in rejecting the plaint under Order 7 Rule 11(a) of the Civil Procedure Rules. The plaint, as amended, disclosed sufficient facts to constitute a cause of action regarding the lawfulness of the appellant's interdiction and retirement from public service. The judge misconstrued Regulation 36 by suggesting that interdiction could be indefinite, failed to distinguish between disciplinary and retirement proceedings, and relied on extraneous facts not pleaded. The Court emphasized that questions of fact and law arising from the plaint required inve…