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Byamugisha Baby Coach & Sons Transport Company v Chukwu (HCT-00-CC-MA 341 of 2014)

High Court · [2014] UGCOMMC 218 · 2014 Application Dismissed AI-generated summary ↓ Download Pin to watchlist Add to matter
Jurisdiction
Uganda
Case Type
Application for review of conditions attached to order granting leave to file defence out of time
Decision
Application dismissed with costs to the respondent

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Holding

Application for review dismissed. The court held that an applicant seeking review under Order 46 must demonstrate new and important matters previously overlooked by excusable failure, errors apparent on the record, or other sufficient reasons analogous to these grounds. Financial difficulties of the company did not constitute grounds for review where the financial position was not a new matter. A bus without proper valuation and subject to depreciation and accident risks was not suitable security to replace a cash deposit.

Outcome

Application dismissed with costs to the respondent

Facts

The respondent obtained default judgment in Civil Suit No. 387 of 2013 after the applicant failed to file a defence in time. On 7 May 2014, the court granted the applicant's application to set aside the default judgment and extend time to file a defence, conditional upon depositing security of UGX 110,000,000 within 14 days. The applicant failed to deposit the sum and instead filed an application seeking to review or vary the condition, proposing to substitute a bus worth UGX 300,000,000 registered in the name of its managing director as alternative security. The applicant cited poor economic conditions and financial difficulties as reasons for being unable to mobilise the cash sum.

Issues

  1. Whether the condition of depositing UGX 110,000,000 before filing a defence should be reviewed or varied.
  2. Whether the proposed alternative security of a bus worth UGX 300,000,000 is adequate to replace the cash deposit requirement.

Orders

  • Application for review denied and dismissed.
  • Costs awarded to the respondent.

Rules and key headnotes

Civil Procedure — Review of Orders — Grounds for Review Under Order 46
An applicant seeking review under Order 46 must establish new and important matters previously overlooked by excusable failure, demonstrate mistakes or errors apparent on the face of the record, or advance other sufficient reasons analogous to these grounds.
Civil Procedure — Review of Orders — Financial Difficulties as Grounds
The financial position of a company and prevailing economic conditions do not constitute new and important matters for purposes of review where the financial status existed at the time of the original order and was not a matter analogous to mistakes or errors apparent on the record.
Civil Procedure — Security for Costs — Adequacy of Alternative Security
A bus without proper valuation and subject to depreciation and attendant risks of accidents while on the road is not suitable security to substitute for a cash deposit ordered by the court.

Legislation cited (1)

Cases cited (2)

  • Yusuf v Nokrach (1971) EA 104
  • Equator Sun Ltd v Heetal Shah (Nairobi High Court Civil Case No. 2169 of 1996)

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Byamugisha Baby Coach & Sons Transport Company v Chukwu (HCT-00-CC-MA 341 of 2014) [2014] UGCommC 218 (17 December 2014)
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