Ceva International Limited v Sugar and Allied Industries Limited (Civil Suit 333 of 2023)

Observed later treatment

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Holding

The High Court Commercial Division entered default judgment against the defendant who failed to defend the suit. The court ordered payment of USD $67,676 and UGX 1,362,830 with interest at 6% per annum from the date of default until full payment, plus costs.

Outcome

Default judgment entered; defendant ordered to pay the decretal sums with interest and costs

Orders

• Default judgment entered against the defendant.
• Defendant to pay USD $67,676.
• Defendant to pay UGX 1,362,830.
• Interest at court rate of 6% per annum on the decretal amounts from the date of default until payment in full.
• Costs of the suit awarded to the plaintiff.

Legislation cited (1)

• Civil Procedure Rules Order 36 rule 3(2)

Cases citing this judgment (1)

How later Ugandan judgments in the Wakilii corpus have cited this case. Treatment labels come from Sequitur — Uganda’s citator — each backed by a verbatim span from the citing judgment, and are not an assertion that this case is, or is not, good law.

• Semitala and Another v Ssemugabi and 5 Others (Miscellaneous Application No. 0246 of 2025)

The original judgment as reported. Read the original PDF before relying on any passage.