Uganda Case Law

Banco Arabe Espanal v Bank Of Uganda

Banco Arabe Espanal v Bank Of Uganda (Civil Application 42 of 98) [1998] UGCA 42 (14 September 1998)

Court

Court of Appeal of Uganda

Case number

Civil Application 42 of 98

Judge

Mpagi-Bahigeine, JA, Berko, JA, Kitumba, JA

The Court found that the notice of appeal was filed within the prescribed fourteen days and that, when Rule 103(1) is read together with Rule 75(2) of the Court of Appeal Rules, payment of fees within the fourteen-day period is sufficient for proper filing. The Court agreed that the order was not properly extracted but held that, under Rule 86(1)(g) of the Court of Appeal Rules and recent case law, extraction of a formal decree or order is no longer a legal requirement for instituting an appeal. The Court emphasized that appeals are against judgments or reasoned orders, not the extracted decr…

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• Notice Of Appeal
• Record Of Appeal
• Extraction Of Orders
• Filing Fees
• Technicalities In Appeal
• Reinstatement Of Suit

Kibuuka and Another v Dr. Kaggwa

Kibuuka and Another v Dr. Kaggwa (Civil Appeal 46 of 1997) [1998] UGCA 43 (23 March 1998)

Court

Court of Appeal of Uganda

Case number

Civil Appeal 46 of 1997

Judge

Berko, JA, Engwau, JA, Twinomujuni, JA

The Court of Appeal held that an extracted decree was not required to institute the appeal, rejected the preliminary objection, and awarded costs to the appellants.

• Appeal Record Requirements
• Decree Extraction
• Technicalities In Appeal
• Court Of Appeal Rules
• Appeal-record-requirements
• Decree-extraction