Uganda Case Law

Quality Milk Diaries Limited & 3 Others v Mango Fund Inc.

Quality Milk Diaries Limited & 3 Others v Mango Fund Inc. (Miscellaneous Application 30 of 2024) [2024] UGCommC 77 (19 April 2024)

Court

Commercial Court of Uganda

Case number

Miscellaneous Application 30 of 2024

Judge

Mutesi, J

The High Court set aside a judgment on admission because the applicants’ acknowledgment of the claim was not clear and unequivocal, and ordered the suit to proceed to hearing.

• Judgment On Admission
• Loan Repayment Dispute
• Consent Judgment
• Security Enforcement
• Accountability Of Sale Proceeds
• Judgment-on-admission

Premier Credit Ltd v Kalumba (HCT-00-CC-CS 615 of 2017)

Premier Credit Ltd v Kalumba (HCT-00-CC-CS 615 of 2017) [2020] UGCommC 37 (7 September 2020)

Court

Commercial Court of Uganda

Case number

HCT-00-CC-CS 615 of 2017

Judge

Adonyo, J

The court found that the defendant breached a loan agreement, awarded the lender the outstanding sum, reduced interest, general damages, and costs.

• Loan Agreement Breach
• Contract Enforcement
• Remedies For Breach
• Interest Awards
• General Damages
• Security Enforcement

Ganafa v DFCU Bank

Ganafa v DFCU Bank (Civil Suit No. 465 of 2014) [2015] UGCommC 182 (7 December 2015)

Court

Commercial Court of Uganda

Case number

Civil Suit No. 465 of 2014

The court found that the Plaintiff was a mortgagor who pledged his property as security for the loan facility advanced to the Borrowers. There was no evidence of a separate guarantee agreement, and the mortgage deed expressly defined the Plaintiff as a mortgagor. The alleged subsequent loan facility was not proven; the transfer of indebtedness between accounts was an internal administrative mechanism and did not constitute a new loan or discharge the mortgage. The Plaintiff was not personally liable as a guarantor, but the property remained liable as security for the outstanding debt. The cou…

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• Mortgage Liability
• Guarantee Vs Mortgagor
• Contract Variation
• Security Enforcement
• Loan Default
• Power Of Attorney

Nile Bank Limited v Tramsways Trading Co. Ltd

Nile Bank Limited v Tramsways Trading Co. Ltd (Civil Suit No. 1447 of 1999) (Civil Suit No. 1447 of 1999) [2000] UGHC 26 (12 July 2000)

Court

High Court of Uganda

Case number

Civil Suit No. 1447 of 1999

The High Court found the defendant in breach of an equitable mortgage, ordered payment of Shs. 51,626,095, and directed foreclosure and sale if unpaid.

• Equitable Mortgage
• Foreclosure
• Loan Default
• Security Enforcement
• Equitable-mortgage
• Loan-default