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Hermon Tesfaldet Ghebrat v Mehari Habtemichael Yedhego (Miscellaneous Application No. 1472 of 2024)

High Court · [2024] UGCOMMC 424 · 2024 Application Dismissed AI-generated summary ↓ Download Pin to watchlist Add to matter
Jurisdiction
Uganda
Case Type
Ex parte application for certificate of urgency to have companion application heard during court vacation
Decision
Application for certificate of urgency dismissed

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Holding

The court dismissed an ex parte application for certificate of urgency to hear a setting aside and stay of execution application during vacation. The applicant, a judgment debtor incarcerated two years after judgment, failed to demonstrate imminent danger to health or irreparable harm. The court found no urgency without an interim application and held that the pending application for leave to appeal out of time took priority.

Outcome

Application for certificate of urgency dismissed

Facts

The applicant was sued in Civil Suit No. 0333 of 2018 and judgment was entered against her on 30 May 2022. A warrant of arrest was issued on 24 May 2024 and executed on 4 July 2024, resulting in her incarceration as a judgment debtor. The applicant alleged her former lawyers failed to file an appeal she instructed. Her current lawyers filed Miscellaneous Application No. 1470 of 2024 for leave to appeal out of time and Miscellaneous Application No. 1471 of 2024 for setting aside the judgment and stay of execution. The applicant then brought the present ex parte application seeking a certificate of urgency to have MA 1471/2024 heard during court vacation, citing her incarceration and alleged hypertension.

Issues

  1. Whether the application for setting aside judgment and stay of execution should be certified as urgent and heard during court vacation.

Orders

  • Application dismissed.
  • No order as to costs.

Rules and key headnotes

Civil Procedure — Certificate of Urgency — Burden of Proof
An applicant seeking a certificate of urgency to have a matter heard during court vacation must demonstrate imminent danger or possibility of irreparable harm with supporting evidence.
Civil Procedure — Certificate of Urgency — Medical Evidence
An applicant who claims health concerns as grounds for urgency must back such averments with medical evidence; mere assertion of suffering from a condition without medical proof is insufficient to establish imminent danger to health.

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Hermon Tesfaldet Ghebrat v Mehari Habtemichael Yedhego (Miscellaneous Application No. 1472 of 2024) [2024] UGCommC 424 (30 July 2024)
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