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Dawuli v Mboizi (HCT-04-CV-MA- 267 OF 2015)

High Court · [2017] UGHCCD 29 · 2017 Application Dismissed AI-generated summary ↓ Download Pin to watchlist Add to matter
Jurisdiction
Uganda
Case Type
Application for recall and review of earlier court orders
Decision
Application for review dismissed

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Holding

The court held that it has jurisdiction to review its earlier orders under its inherent powers and the provisions of the Civil Procedure Act, but the application failed on merit. The court found no manifest error on the face of the record, no discovery of new and important evidence, and no sufficient cause shown. The matters raised in the current application had been sufficiently argued and considered in the first review application. The application was dismissed with costs.

Outcome

Application for review dismissed

Facts

The applicants sought to recall and review earlier court orders made under HCMA 226/2013 and 0080/2014 of 22.01.2015, arguing that the orders were granted in error. The dispute concerned the procedural history of an appeal (MM 45 of 1999) allegedly filed in Mbale following transfer from Kibuku Magistrate Court to Mbale circuit. The applicants contended that the Chief Magistrate had extended time for filing the appeal by ruling in MSCA MT 84 of 1986, and that the appeal was properly filed in Mbale. The respondent opposed, arguing that the review was unjustified, that there had been no proper application for leave to appeal out of time, and that the Mbale appeal was incompetent and illegal. The court record showed Civil Appeal 70 of 1982 had been struck off with costs in 1986, and subsequent proceedings contained inconsistencies regarding how matters were revived.

Issues

  1. Whether the court should invoke its inherent powers to review earlier orders on grounds that they were granted in error.
  2. Whether the applicants demonstrated sufficient cause to warrant review of the previous decision.

Orders

  • Application dismissed.
  • Costs awarded to the respondent.

Rules and key headnotes

Civil Procedure — Review — Jurisdiction — Inherent Powers
The High Court has jurisdiction to invoke its inherent powers under the Judicature Act to review its earlier orders where necessary to meet the ends of justice and prevent abuse of the process of court, in addition to its statutory powers under Section 82 of the Civil Procedure Act and Order 46 of the Civil Procedure Rules.
Civil Procedure — Review — Grounds — Error on Face of Record
For a review to succeed on the basis of an error on the face of the record, the error must be so manifest and clear that no court would permit such an error to remain on the record.
Civil Procedure — Review — Sufficient Cause
Sufficient cause for review means a cause of a kind analogous to the discovery of new and important matter of evidence previously overlooked by excusable misfortune, or some mistake or error apparent on the face of the record. Matters that were fully argued and considered in a first application cannot form the basis of sufficient cause for a second review application merely because new justifications are now offered for the same errors and omissions.
Civil Procedure — Review — Discovery of New Evidence
A party seeking review on the basis of discovery of new and important evidence must demonstrate by affidavit that the evidence, despite the exercise of due diligence, was not within his knowledge at the time judgment was entered. What is alleged to be new evidence cannot form a basis for review if it had been exhaustively considered and decided upon in the judgment sought to be reviewed.

Legislation cited (9)

Cases cited (4)

  • FX Mubiike v Uganda Electricity Board (HCMA 98 of 2005)
  • R v Nakivubo Chemists (U) Ltd (1979) HCB 12
  • Busoga Growers Coop Union Ltd v Nsamba & Sons Ltd (HCMA 123 of 2000)
  • Yafeesi Itegike v Jamada Wakafutali (HCMA 1 of 1996)

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Dawuli v Mboizi (HCT-04-CV-MA- 267 OF 2015) [2017] UGHCCD 29 (2 February 2017)
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