Charles Mayambala v Uganda Commercial Bank (Civil Appeal No. 4 98)

Court of Appeal · [1998] UGCA 59 · 1998 Appeal Struck Off ✦ AI-generated summary ↓ Download

Jurisdiction

Uganda

Case Type

Civil appeal to the Court of Appeal

Decision

Appeal struck off for want of a record of appeal

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Holding

The appellant disowned the Record of Appeal filed by the lawyers he had dismissed and failed to file any replacement record. The Court of Appeal held that, in the absence of a record of appeal, there was no appeal pending before it. The appeal (Civil Appeal No. 4 of 1998) was accordingly struck off, with no order as to costs.

Facts

The appellant, Charles Mayambala, had appealed against Uganda Commercial Bank. The appellant disowned the Record of Appeal that had been filed by his lawyers, whom he had dismissed, and did not file another record of appeal. As a result, no record of appeal was properly before the Court of Appeal.

Orders

Civil Appeal No. 4 of 1998 struck off.
No order as to costs.

Key headnotes

Appeals — Record of Appeal — Effect of absence on competence of appeal

Where an appellant disowns the record of appeal filed and fails to file a valid record of appeal, there is no appeal pending before the court and the appeal is liable to be struck off.

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