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Mulhubira v Ambitious Construction Company (Miscellaneous Application 15 of 2024) [2024] UGHC 655 (25 June 2024)
The High Court dismissed an application for leave to appeal as out of time, holding that the 14-day rule applies and did not wait for the proceedings record.
Habib Buwembo v Uganda (Criminal Appeal 49 of 2023) [2024] UGHCCRD 4 (31 January 2024)
The High Court dismissed a criminal appeal as incompetent because it was filed about three months late without any application for extension of time.
Nyakana v Valley Technical Services Limited (Civil Application 200 of 2016) [2020] UGCA 2167 (8 October 2020)
The Court of Appeal struck out a notice of appeal and the related appeal as filed far outside the prescribed time, holding the appeal incompetent under the rules.
In Re: Ranch on the Lake Ltd (HCT-00-CC-MA 537 of 2005) [2005] UGCommC 47 (24 August 2005)
The High Court dismissed an application for leave to appeal as time-barred, holding that Rule 39(2)(a) required filing within 14 days.
Utex Industries Ltd v Attorney General (Civil Application No. 52 of 1995) [1995] UGSC 38 (4 August 1995)
The Supreme Court struck out the Attorney General’s notice of appeal for failing to comply with mandatory appeal steps and time limits under the Supreme Court Rules.
Ribeiro v Facho and Another (Privy Council App. No. 102/34.) [1936] EACA 1 (1 January 1936)
Privy Council appeal on time limits for appealing held the appellant should have had the judgment drawn up as a decree. Leave to appeal out of time was properly refused.
Old East African Trading Co. Ltd v Vellani and Company (C.A. 10/1936.) [1936] EACA 92 (1 January 1936)
The court held that the time taken to obtain leave to appeal cannot be deducted from the three-month period prescribed for filing a memorandum of appeal under Rule 8 of the East African Court of Appeal Rules, 1925. The applicant failed to provide a sufficient explanation for the delay in applying for a certified copy of the decree and did not act with the required diligence. The duty to ensure the decree is drawn up and available for appeal lies with the party wishing to appeal. In the absence of special circumstances, the court declined to exercise its discretion to grant leave to appeal out…
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