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Kabadaki & 4 Ors v Katumbura (MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATION NO. 0060 OF 2019)

High Court · [2019] UGHCCD 273 · 2019 Application Granted AI-generated summary ↓ Download Pin to watchlist Add to matter
Jurisdiction
Uganda
Case Type
Application for leave to amend plaint arising from pending civil suit
Decision
Leave granted to amend plaint to add additional plaintiffs

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Holding

The High Court granted leave to amend the plaint to add three additional applicants as plaintiffs. The court held that no prejudice would be caused to the respondent and that the amendment would enable the court to determine the real questions in controversy between the parties once and for all, avoiding multiplicity of suits.

Outcome

Leave granted to amend plaint to add additional plaintiffs

Facts

The 1st and 2nd applicants filed High Court Civil Suit No. 002 of 2019 against the respondent. Letters of Administration previously granted to the 1st and 2nd applicants had been revoked, and they could no longer represent the interests of other affected beneficiaries. The applicants sought to amend their plaint to add three additional beneficiaries (the 3rd, 4th and 5th applicants) who were affected by the defendant's actions. The respondent opposed, arguing the plaint was incurably defective, introduced new fraud allegations, and that the suit was time-barred under the Limitation Act.

Issues

  1. Whether the applicants should be granted leave to amend their plaint to add additional plaintiffs.

Orders

  • Application allowed.
  • Leave granted to amend the plaint.
  • Costs to be in the cause.

Rules and key headnotes

Civil Procedure — Amendment of Pleadings — Joinder of Parties — Leave to Amend
Where letters of administration have been revoked and the original applicants can no longer represent the interests of other affected beneficiaries, the court may grant leave to amend the plaint to add those beneficiaries as parties to avoid multiplicity of suits arising from the same transaction.
Civil Procedure — Amendment of Pleadings — Principles Governing Exercise of Discretion
The discretion to allow amendments of pleadings is governed by four principles: the amendment should not work injustice to the other side (injury compensable by costs is not injustice); multiplicity of proceedings should be avoided; malafide applications should not be granted; and no amendment should be allowed where expressly or impliedly prohibited by law.
Civil Procedure — Joinder of Parties — Common Question of Law or Fact
All persons may be joined in the same suit as plaintiffs in whom any right to relief arising out of the same act or transaction is alleged to exist, whether jointly, severally or in the alternative, where if those persons brought separate suits any common question of law or fact would arise.

Legislation cited (8)

Cases cited (2)

  • Gaso Transport Services (Bus) Ltd v Obene [1990-94] EA 88
  • Lea Associates Limited versus Bunga Hill Limited 2008

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Kabadaki & 4 Ors Vs Katumbura (MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATION NO. 0060 OF 2019) [2019] UGHCCD 273 (1 October 2019)
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