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Christine Nassuna v Moses Kamoga Matovu and Others (Miscellaneous Application No 2600 of 2023)

High Court · [2023] UGHCLD 466 · 2023 Application Dismissed AI-generated summary ↓ Download Pin to watchlist Add to matter
Jurisdiction
Uganda
Case Type
Application for leave to appeal against the dismissal of a review application
Decision
Application for leave to appeal dismissed

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Holding

Held that leave to appeal will not be granted where the applicant fails to demonstrate prima facie grounds with realistic prospect of success. The court found that Civil Suit No. 17 of 2022 was properly determined as res judicata and the review application was correctly dismissed. The applicant failed to file the required notice of appeal and did not show sufficient reason for leave. Application dismissed with costs to the respondents.

Outcome

Application for leave to appeal dismissed

Facts

The applicant instituted Miscellaneous Application No. 1024 of 2023 seeking to review and set aside the decision in Civil Suit No. 17 of 2022, which had been determined on 6 April 2023. The court in that ruling found Civil Suit No. 17 of 2022 was res judicata as the ownership issues had been conclusively determined in Civil Suit No. 378 of 2013 by Justice Jeanne Rwakakooko. The review application was dismissed on 18 August 2023 for failure to prove error on the face of the record. The applicant then filed this application on 22 August 2023 seeking leave to appeal both the original decision in Civil Suit No. 17 of 2022 and the dismissal of the review application, and stay of proceedings. The respondents objected on grounds that the time to appeal had expired, no notice of appeal had been filed, and the application was an abuse of process.

Issues

  1. Whether there are sufficient grounds to grant leave to appeal against the dismissal of Miscellaneous Application No. 1024 of 2023.
  2. Whether the applicant complied with procedural requirements for seeking leave to appeal, including filing a notice of appeal.
  3. Whether there is a prima facie ground for appeal with realistic prospect of success.

Orders

  • Application dismissed.
  • Costs of the application granted to the 2nd and 3rd respondents.

Rules and key headnotes

Civil Procedure — Leave to Appeal — Principles for Grant
Leave to appeal will normally be granted where prima facie it appears that there are grounds of appeal which merit serious judicial consideration.
Civil Procedure — Leave to Appeal — Prospect of Success
A real prospect of success means the prospect for success must be realistic rather than fanciful, and the court considering permission is not required to analyse whether the grounds of the proposed appeal will succeed, but merely whether there is real prospect of success.
Civil Procedure — Res Judicata — Effect on Subsequent Proceedings
Where a matter has been directly and substantially in issue in a former suit between the same parties and has been heard and finally decided by a competent court, no court shall try any subsequent suit or issue raising the same matter.
Civil Procedure — Leave to Appeal — Procedural Requirements
Even in applications where leave must be sought before an appeal can be lodged, a notice of appeal must first be filed with the Registrar of the High Court as a prerequisite to seeking leave.

Legislation cited (6)

Cases cited (3)

  • Sango Bay Estate v Dresdner Bank & Attorney General (1971) EA 17
  • Musa Sbeity & Another v Akello Joan (Miscellaneous Application No. 249 of 2018)
  • Swain v Hillman [2001] 1 All ER 91

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