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Adventcity Printers Limited and Others v Transpaper (U) Ltd (Miscellaneous Application No. 1610 of 2025)

High Court · [2025] UGCOMMC 379 · 2025 Application Granted AI-generated summary ↓ Download Pin to watchlist Add to matter
Jurisdiction
Uganda
Case Type
Application for review of dismissal order under Section 82 of the Judicature Act and Order 46 of the Civil Procedure Rules
Decision
Dismissal order set aside and underlying application reinstated for hearing on merits

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Holding

The court granted the application for review and set aside the dismissal order. The court found an error apparent on the face of the record because the earlier application was dismissed for non-service after only 7 days, when Order 5 Rule 1(3)(a) of the Civil Procedure Rules allows 21 days for service. The dismissal was premature and the application was reinstated to be heard on its merits.

Outcome

Dismissal order set aside and underlying application reinstated for hearing on merits

Facts

The Respondent instituted Civil Suit No. 0154 of 2024 by summary procedure against the Applicants seeking to recover UGX 234,434,000 arising from an alleged breach of a credit supply agreement. The Applicants filed Misc. Applic. No. 0870 of 2024 seeking leave to appear and defend. The application was endorsed on 7 July 2025 and fixed for hearing on 14 July 2025. When the matter came up, Counsel for the Applicants did not have a valid practicing certificate and there was no proof of service on the Respondent. The court dismissed the application for non-service under Order 5 Rule 1(3). The Applicants then filed this application seeking to review and set aside the dismissal order on the ground that the 21-day period for service had not yet lapsed when the application was dismissed.

Issues

  1. Whether the Applicants have disclosed sufficient grounds for the reliefs sought?
  2. What remedies are available?

Orders

  • The dismissal order in Misc. Applic. No. 0870 of 2024 be set aside.
  • Misc. Applic. No. 0870 of 2024 is reinstated and shall be heard on merits.
  • Costs shall be in the cause.

Rules and key headnotes

Civil Procedure — Review of Orders — Error Apparent on Face of Record
An error apparent on the face of the record is an evident error which does not require any extraneous matter to show its incorrectness and must be so manifest and clear that no court would permit such an error to remain on record. The error may be one of fact or law.
Civil Procedure — Service of Process — Time Limits for Service
Where Order 5 Rule 1(3)(a) of the Civil Procedure Rules allows 21 days for service of an application upon the respondent, dismissal of the application for non-service after only 7 days constitutes an error apparent on the face of the record justifying review and setting aside of the dismissal order.

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Adventcity Printers Limited and Others v Transpaper (U) Ltd (Miscellaneous Application No. 1610 of 2025) [2025] UGCommC 379 (13 October 2025)
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