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Sheikh Mayanja v Mubiru Kisingiri (Civil Application 502 of 2022)

Court of Appeal · [2022] UGCA 332 · 2022 Application Granted ✦ AI-generated summary ↓ Download
Jurisdiction
Uganda
Case Type
Application for an interim order of stay of execution pending hearing of a substantive application for stay and a pending appeal
Decision
Interim stay of execution granted pending determination of the substantive application for stay

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Holding

The Court granted an interim order of stay of execution. It held that the lis pendens objection under section 6 of the Civil Procedure Act failed because the earlier High Court applications for stay had all been concluded or withdrawn and were no longer pending. The Court also held that it is not a condition for granting an interim stay that the appeal hearing be concluded; the applicant need only have filed a competent Notice of Appeal. Having filed a Notice of Appeal, a substantive application for stay, and shown a serious threat of execution, the applicant satisfied all necessary conditions for an interim stay pending determination of the substantive application.

Facts

The applicant sued the respondent in the High Court (Land Division) Civil Suit No. 129 of 2010 seeking a declaration that he owned land at Namaliga, for which he held a certificate of title. The respondent counter-claimed that the title was fraudulently obtained and sought its cancellation. In 2018 the High Court (Kawesa, J.) entered judgment for the respondent and ordered cancellation of the applicant's certificate of title. The applicant appealed to the Court of Appeal (Civil Appeal No. 294 of 2018, still pending) and filed a substantive application for stay of execution, together with the present application for an interim stay. The respondent threatened execution, including seeking the applicant's arrest and attachment and sale of the suit land. The respondent opposed the application, contending it offended the lis pendens rule because earlier stay applications were said to remain pending in the High Court, and that the supporting affidavit contained falsehoods.

Issues

  1. Whether the application offends the lis pendens rule under section 6 of the Civil Procedure Act on account of earlier applications for stay of execution filed in the High Court.
  2. Whether the applicant satisfied the conditions for the grant of an interim order of stay of execution.

Orders

  • Interim order staying execution of the judgment and decree of Kawesa, J. in High Court Civil Suit No. 129 of 2010 granted, pending hearing and determination of the substantive application for stay of execution.
  • Costs of the application to abide the outcome of the applicant's appeal.

Key headnotes

Civil Procedure — Lis Pendens — Section 6 Civil Procedure Act — Requirement that earlier proceedings be pending
The bar under section 6 of the Civil Procedure Act applies only where a previously instituted suit or proceeding on the same matter is still pending; where the earlier applications have been concluded or withdrawn, the lis pendens rule does not bar a fresh application.
Civil Procedure — Interim Stay of Execution — Conditions for grant
The conditions for an interim order of stay of execution are that the applicant has filed a competent Notice of Appeal, has filed a substantive application for stay of execution, and that there is a serious threat of execution.
Civil Procedure — Interim Stay of Execution — Appeal hearing need not be concluded
It is not a condition for the grant of an interim order of stay of execution that the hearing of the applicant's appeal has been concluded; it is sufficient that a Notice of Appeal has been filed.

Legislation cited (3)

  • Civil Procedure Act Cap. 71 s.6
  • Judicature (Court of Appeal Rules) Directions S.I 13-10 Rule 2(2)
  • Judicature (Court of Appeal Rules) Directions S.I 13-10 Rule 6(2)(b)

Cases cited (4)

  • Hwansung Industries Ltd v Hussein and 2 Others (Civil Application No. 19 of 2008)
  • Afaro v Uganda Breweries Ltd (Civil Appeal No. 12 of 2008)
  • Springs International Hotel Ltd v Hotel Diplomate and Another (Civil Suit No. 227 of 2011)
  • Attorney General vs. James Mark vide, Civil Application No. 503 of 2022
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