Uganda Case Law

Sembayita and Another v Sande

Sembayita and Another v Sande (Miscellaneous Application 1951 of 2022) [2024] UGHCLD 255 (22 October 2024)

Court

HC: Land Division (Uganda)

Case number

Miscellaneous Application 1951 of 2022

Judge

Nabakooza, J

The court found that the Respondent, by his own admissions in prior witness statements and cross-examination, is a beneficiary of the late Sekyaya Muhammed and has capacity to obtain letters of administration for his estate. Although the Respondent does not hold letters of administration, the court invoked Section 222 of the Succession Act to grant limited letters of administration for the purpose of representing the deceased in Civil Suit No. 331 of 2009. The court held that the Applicants, as judgment creditors, are entitled to enforce the judgment, including obtaining vacant possession of…

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• Substitution Of Legal Representative
• Eviction Orders
• Vacant Possession
• Execution Of Judgment

Nile Breweries Limited v Emmanuel Binyerere

Nile Breweries Limited v Emmanuel Binyerere (Civil Appeal 56 of 2019) [2024] UGHC 18 (29 January 2024)

Court

High Court of Uganda

Case number

Civil Appeal 56 of 2019

Judge

Allan Nshimye, J

The High Court held that the appeal abated because the sole respondent had died and no legal representative was formally substituted under Order 24 Rule 4.

• Abatement Of Suit
• Death Of Party
• Substitution Of Legal Representative
• Civil-procedure
• Abatement-of-suit
• Death-of-party