Vincent Mukasa vs Nile Safaris Ltd
Vincent Mukasa vs Nile Safaris Ltd (Civil Appeal No 50 of 1997) [1998] UGCA 8 (10 November 1998)
The Court of Appeal held that the respondent's act of sub-hiring the appellant's vehicle to a third party, without the appellant's consent or knowledge, was outside the terms of the hire agreement and amounted to conversion. The agreement required the respondent to keep the vehicle under its exclusive control and return it in the same condition. By sub-hiring to Vocational Tours and Travels, and that company further sub-hiring to an unknown individual, the respondent lost control and breached its duty as bailee. The subsequent theft by a stranger did not absolve the respondent of liability, a…
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- Bailment
- Conversion
- Detinue
- Breach Of Contract
- Vehicle Hire
- Frustration Of Contract