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Babumba & Ors v Babumba (Miscellaneous Application No. 310 of 2015)

High Court · [2016] UGHCFD 16 · 2016 Application Dismissed AI-generated summary ↓ Download Pin to watchlist Add to matter
Jurisdiction
Uganda
Case Type
Application for review of judgment arising from Civil Suit No. 078/2012
Decision
Application for review dismissed with costs to the respondent

Observed later treatment

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Holding

The court dismissed the application for review, holding that there was no error apparent on the face of the record. The judgment granted the beneficiaries precisely the relief they had pleaded — power to consent to new administrators. The applicants had never prayed to bar the respondent from offering himself for reappointment, and no law barred a person whose letters of administration had been revoked from co-administering an estate with the beneficiaries' consent. The application was an afterthought not properly grounded in review procedure.

Outcome

Application for review dismissed with costs to the respondent

Facts

The applicants, who were beneficiaries of the estate of the late Dr. Eria Muwanga Babumba, had successfully obtained judgment in Civil Suit No. 078/2012 revoking the respondent's letters of administration and ordering appointment of at least two new administrators consented to by all beneficiaries. The applicants subsequently sought review of that judgment, claiming an error on the face of the record because the judgment did not expressly bar the respondent from being reappointed as one of the new administrators. The respondent, through his attorney under a registered power of attorney, opposed the application, arguing there was no error and that the issue had never been pleaded at trial. The original judgment had granted the beneficiaries the precise relief they requested: power to select new administrators by consent.

Issues

  1. Whether the applicants are aggrieved persons entitled to seek review of the judgment.
  2. Whether there is an error apparent on the face of the record justifying review of the judgment.
  3. Whether the judgment should be reviewed to bar the respondent from being reappointed as administrator of the estate.

Orders

  • Application dismissed.
  • Costs awarded to the respondent.

Rules and key headnotes

Civil Procedure — Review of Judgment — Locus Standi — Aggrieved Person
An aggrieved person entitled to seek review of a judgment is one who has suffered a legal grievance as a result of the judgment, including where the judgment is against the person or affects his or her interests, even if not a party to the original proceedings.
Civil Procedure — Review of Judgment — Error Apparent on Face of Record — Test
An error apparent on the face of the record must be 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 it to remain on the record. The error may be one of fact or of law.
Civil Procedure — Review of Judgment — Matters Not Pleaded at Trial
Where a party seeks review on the ground that a judgment does not contain an order which was never pleaded or raised as an issue at trial, there is no error apparent on the face of the record justifying review. A court cannot be faulted for not addressing an issue that was not before it.
Succession & Estates — Administration — Revocation and Reappointment of Administrator
There is no legal bar preventing a person whose letters of administration have been revoked from being reappointed to co-administer an estate if such reappointment is by the beneficiaries' consent. Where beneficiaries are granted power to select administrators by consent, it is within their discretion to appoint or reject any proposed administrator.
Civil Procedure — Clerical Errors — Slip Rule — Civil Procedure Act s.99
Clerical errors in a judgment arising from mistakes in joint scheduling memoranda executed by counsel can be corrected under the slip rule embodied in section 99 of the Civil Procedure Act without resorting to review of the judgment, once properly brought to the court's attention.

Legislation cited (6)

Cases cited (3)

  • Muhamed Alibhai v Bukenya (SCCA No. 56 of 1986)
  • Ladak Abdulla Muhamed Hussein v Griffiths Isingoma Kakiiza & Others (Civil Appeal No. 8 of 1995)
  • Edson Kanyabwera v Pastor Tumwebaze (Civil Appeal No. 6 of 2004)

Cases citing this judgment (1)

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Babumba & Ors v Babumba (Miscellaneous Application No. 310 of 2015) [2016] UGHCFD 16 (28 June 2016)
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