Bozongoza Alex t/a Express Integrity Auctioneers and Bailiffs v Oryem
Bozongoza Alex t/a Express Integrity Auctioneers and Bailiffs v Oryem (Civil Revision No. 2 of 2020) [2020] UGHC 148 (23 July 2020)
The Chief Magistrate's Court exceeded its jurisdiction under the small claims procedure by awarding a total sum of shs. 13,000,000/=, surpassing the statutory pecuniary limit of shs. 10,000,000/=. Furthermore, the claim for recovery of the purchase price following a sale in execution of a decree should have been determined by the executing court under section 34(1) of the Civil Procedure Act, not by a separate suit. The applicant, as a court bailiff, was protected by qualified immunity for acts done in execution of a warrant unless shown to have acted illegally or in excess of authority, whic…
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- Revision Jurisdiction
- Small Claims Procedure
- Pecuniary Limits
- Execution Of Decrees
- Judicial Immunity
- Sale In Execution