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Byamugisha v Shifa Love Wood (Miscellaneous Application No. 50 of 2020)

High Court · [2022] UGCOMMC 77 · 2022 Application Dismissed AI-generated summary ↓ Download Pin to watchlist Add to matter
Jurisdiction
Uganda
Case Type
Application for stay of execution arising from an arbitral award (arising from EMA 562 of 2019, arising from CAD/ABR No. 15 of 2018)
Decision
Application for stay of execution dismissed. Execution of arbitral award to proceed.

Observed later treatment

Cited — treatment unverified cited in 1 (treatment unverified) Sequitur — Uganda’s citator · Derived from citing cases in the Wakilii corpus — not an assertion that this case is good law.

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Holding

The High Court dismissed the application for stay of execution of an arbitral award. Held that a party seeking stay of execution must satisfy three mandatory conditions under Order 43 Rule 4(3) of the Civil Procedure Rules: (a) substantial loss may result if execution is not stayed; (b) the application was made without unreasonable delay; and (c) security has been given for due performance of the decree. The applicant failed to demonstrate any substantial loss beyond the ordinary loss of paying the decretal sum, delayed 13 months in filing the application, and provided no commitment to furnish security for due performance of the decree.

Outcome

Application for stay of execution dismissed. Execution of arbitral award to proceed.

Facts

The applicant and respondent entered into a land sale agreement for a kibanja measuring 50 decimals in Lubowa. The respondent took possession. Four years later, the respondent sought to rescind the transaction and filed an arbitration claim at CADER. On 17 December 2018, the arbitrator delivered an award ordering the applicant to pay UGX 230,000,000 for breach of the sale agreement. The respondent registered the award with the High Court Commercial Division on 6 February 2019 and commenced execution proceedings vide EMA No. 562 of 2019. A warrant of arrest was issued against the applicant on 10 July 2019. The parties subsequently executed a consent order providing for payment in installments, with provision that if the applicant defaulted, the respondent could proceed with execution by arrest or attachment. The applicant defaulted on the installments. The applicant filed this application on 24 January 2020 seeking stay of execution, asserting the arbitral award was flawed and that he had filed an application to set aside the award.

Issues

  1. Whether the execution of the arbitral award in CAD/ABR 15 of 2018 should be stayed.

Orders

  • Application dismissed with costs to the respondent.

Rules and key headnotes

Arbitration & ADR — Enforcement of Arbitral Awards — Stay of Execution — Conditions
A party seeking stay of execution of an arbitral award must satisfy three mandatory conditions under Order 43 Rule 4(3) of the Civil Procedure Rules: (a) that substantial loss may result to the party applying for stay unless the order is made; (b) that the application has been made without unreasonable delay; and (c) that security has been given by the applicant for the due performance of the decree or order as may ultimately be binding upon him or her.
Civil Procedure — Stay of Execution — Substantial Loss — Meaning
Substantial loss cannot mean ordinary loss of the decretal sum or costs which must be settled by the losing party but something more than that. The applicant must go beyond vague and general assertions of substantial loss and must lay the basis upon which court can find that substantial loss will be suffered.
Civil Procedure — Stay of Execution — Unreasonable Delay
A delay of 13 months between the delivery of an arbitral award and the filing of an application for stay of execution is unreasonable for an application that should be rather imminent.
Civil Procedure — Stay of Execution — Security for Due Performance
It is a mandatory requirement under Order 43 of the Civil Procedure Rules that execution is stayed only on condition that the applicant has before or at the filing of the substantive application for stay, furnished security for due performance of the decree.

Legislation cited (4)

Cases cited (4)

  • Steel Rolling Mills Limited & Anor vs Gestation Economique Des Mission Catholique & Anor
  • Pan African Insurance Company (U) Ltd v International Air Transport Association (Miscellaneous Application No. 86 of 2006)
  • Banshidar vs Pribku Dayal Air 41 1954
  • Musiitwa v Eunice Busingye (Civil Appeal No. 18 of 1990)

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Byamugisha v Shifa Love Wood (Miscellaneous Application No. 50 of 2020) [2022] UGCommC 77 (29 August 2022)
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