Edith Nagujja Jakana v Commissioner Land Registration and Another (Miscellaneous Application No. 321 of 2022)

Observed later treatment

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Holding

Application dismissed for want of prosecution under Order 17 rule 6 of the Civil Procedure Rules and section 17(2) of the Judicature Act where no action had been taken by either party for four years since filing on 14 March 2022.

Outcome

Application dismissed for want of prosecution

Facts

The applicant, Edith Nagujja Jakana, suing through her lawful attorney Beatrice Kagga Jakana, filed a miscellaneous application on 14 March 2022 arising from earlier miscellaneous applications and a civil suit concerning land matters. The application involved the Commissioner Land Registration and Jakana Foods Limited as respondents. After filing, no action was taken by either party to proceed with the case for a period of four years.

Issues

1. Whether the application should be dismissed for want of prosecution where no action has been taken by either party since filing

Orders

• Application dismissed for want of prosecution under O.17 r.6 of CPR and s.17(2) of Judicature Act.

Legislation cited (2)

• Civil Procedure Rules O.17 r.6
• Judicature Act s.17(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.

• Edith Nagujja Jakana v Commissioner Land Registration and Another (Civil Suit No. 1090 of 2019; Misc. Appln. No. 2100 of 2021; Misc. Appln. No. 2333 of 2021; Miscellaneous Applicat

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