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Mugisa Florence Kyaligonza & 2 Ors v Jane Rose Tusiime (Administrator of the (Miscellaneous Application 8 of 2024) [2024] UGHC 409 (31 May 2024)
The High Court at Fort Portal dismissed an application for stay of execution on the ground that the caveat had already been vacated and the matter was overtaken by events.
Nyakabwa and Another v Kalimbi Kairumba and 2 Others (HCT-01-CV-MA 27 of 2024) [2024] UGHC 745 (3 May 2024)
The High Court at Fort Portal dismissed an application for interim stay of execution, finding no sufficient evidence of an imminent threat of execution.
Bandeeba v Rwantebe & Another (Miscellaneous Application 236 of 2022) [2023] UGHC 404 (7 August 2023)
The court found that the applicant failed to demonstrate a serious and imminent threat of execution of the decree, as the orders issued were not executable and there was no pending application for execution. The applicant did not make an undertaking to provide security for due performance of the decree. The court agreed with the respondents that the dismissal order was unenforceable and that the respondents had always been in occupation of the suit land. Consequently, the application for stay of execution lacked merit and was dismissed with costs to the respondents, to be collected at the det…
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Sanyu and 3 Others v Kabyanga (HCT-00-MA 2289 of 2021) [2023] UGHCLD 183 (21 June 2023)
The High Court dismissed an application for stay of execution, holding that the applicants failed to prove substantial loss or an imminent threat of execution.
The Registered trustees of Soroti Catholic Diocese v Echodu and 2 Others (Miscellaneous Application 32 of 2022) [2022] UGHCLD 307 (14 July 2022)
The High Court dismissed a stay application, finding no proof of substantial loss or imminent execution. The notice to show cause concerned taxed costs only.
Uganda Electricity Distribution Company Limited v Okello and 41 Others (Civil Application No. 127 of 2021) [2022] UGCA 5 (20 January 2022)
The court found that the applicant had not fulfilled the mandatory requirements for grant of an interim stay of execution, as there was no valid Notice of Appeal pending before the court, the previous Notice having been struck off for being filed out of time. The court reiterated that both a substantive application for stay and a valid Notice of Appeal are prerequisites for interim relief. Furthermore, the court was not satisfied that there was a serious or imminent threat of execution, as no bill of costs had been filed and no decree had been extracted. The application was therefore found to…
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Luggya v Kikonyoga and Another (Civil Application No. 248 of 2021) [2021] UGCA 167 (8 December 2021)
The Court found that the affidavit in reply by the first respondent was incurably defective for lack of written authority to swear on behalf of the second respondent and struck it out. With no valid opposing affidavit, the application stood unchallenged. The Court held that an interim order of stay of proceedings could not be granted because judgment had already been delivered in the High Court, and there were no proceedings to stay. However, the applicant satisfied the requirements for an interim injunction: a competent notice of appeal was filed, a substantive application was pending, and t…
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Magezi v Babigumira and Another (Election Petition Appeal Miscellaneous Application 6 of 2021) [2021] UGSC 75 (19 April 2021)
The Supreme Court declined an interim injunction, finding no credible evidence of imminent threat and holding the application was overtaken by events.
Orech v Kabogoza (Civil Application No. 200 of 2020) [2020] UGCA 2122 (27 October 2020)
The Court of Appeal dismissed an interim stay application, holding that the applicant had not shown an imminent threat of execution for Civil Suit No. 106 of 2011.
Ongom Vs Sebunya (Reference No. 50 of 2013) [2015] UGCA 43 (12 June 2015)
The Court of Appeal granted an interim stay of execution, finding the Registrar wrongly held there was no serious threat of execution and misapplied discretion.
