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Kamoga v Nabukeera (MA 3696 of 2023)

High Court · [2024] UGHCLD 108 · 2024 Application Dismissed AI-generated summary ↓ Download Pin to watchlist Add to matter
Jurisdiction
Uganda
Case Type
Application to set aside dismissal and for stay of execution arising from an abated civil suit
Decision
Application dismissed summarily for being improper and an abuse of court process

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Holding

The court held that once a suit has been dismissed for abatement under Order 11A rule 1(2) and (6) of the Civil Procedure Amendment Rules 2019, the remedy is to file a fresh suit subject to limitation law, not to apply to set aside the dismissal. The application was improper and an abuse of court process. Application dismissed with costs.

Outcome

Application dismissed summarily for being improper and an abuse of court process

Facts

The applicant and 11 others filed Civil Suit No. 616 of 2021 against the respondent seeking declarations regarding land comprised in Kyadondo Block 124 Plot 26 at Nabutaka-Gayaza, Wakiso District, which allegedly formed part of the estate of the late John Peter Matovu. The defendant filed a written statement of defence on 27 July 2021. The plaintiffs instructed M/s Lukwago & Co. Advocates to handle the matter. The plaintiffs failed to take out summons for directions within 28 days of the last reply as required by Order 11A rule 1(2) and (6) of the Civil Procedure Amendment Rules 2019. The trial judge dismissed the suit for abatement. The applicant then filed this application seeking to set aside the dismissal and for a stay of execution, arguing that their lawyers had failed to pursue the matter and that there was sufficient cause to reinstate the suit.

Issues

  1. Whether the court should set aside the dismissal of Civil Suit No. 616 of 2021.
  2. Whether a stay of execution should be granted.
  3. Whether there was sufficient cause to warrant reinstatement of the dismissed suit.

Orders

  • Application dismissed with costs.
  • Prayer for stay of execution refused.

Rules and key headnotes

Civil Procedure — Abatement of Suits — Remedy After Dismissal for Abatement
Where a suit has been dismissed for abatement under Order 11A rule 1(2) and (6) of the Civil Procedure Amendment Rules 2019 due to failure to take out summons for directions within the prescribed time, the appropriate remedy is to file a fresh suit subject to the law of limitation, not to apply to set aside the dismissal.
Civil Procedure — Abuse of Court Process — Improper Applications
An application to set aside a dismissal for abatement is improper and constitutes an abuse of court process where the proper remedy under the Civil Procedure Rules is to file a fresh suit.
Civil Procedure — Stay of Execution — Prerequisites
A prayer for stay of execution cannot be granted where it does not arise from any existing suit or application pending before the court.

Legislation cited (5)

Cases cited (1)

  • Abdul Ddamulira v Xsabo Power Limited (HCMA No. 046 of 2021)

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