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Kampala Financial Services Limited and Another v Mohammed (Civil Application No. 146 of 2021)

Court of Appeal · [2022] UGCA 7 · 2022 Application Granted AI-generated summary ↓ Download Pin to watchlist Add to matter
Jurisdiction
Uganda
Case Type
Application for an interim stay of execution and interim injunction pending determination of a substantive application for stay of execution
Decision
Interim stay of execution and interim injunction granted pending determination of Civil Application No. 145 of 2021

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Holding

The Court of Appeal held that an applicant seeking an interim stay of execution must show a competent notice of appeal, a pending substantive application, and a serious threat of execution. Although the status quo had already changed because the respondent had been reinstated as registered proprietor, the court found a pending application for financial remedies and a risk that disposal of the property would render the main application nugatory. It granted an interim stay of execution and an interim injunction restraining alienation of the suit property pending determination of the substantive application, clarifying the order did not reverse the respondent's reinstatement as proprietor.

Outcome

Interim stay of execution and interim injunction granted pending determination of Civil Application No. 145 of 2021

Facts

The respondent sued the two applicants in HCCS No. 178 of 2009 seeking cancellation of the first applicant's certificate of title over property at Plot 4 LRV 147 Folio 10, Rubaga Road, and removal of the second applicant's mortgage. The trial court ruled for the respondent, cancelling the title and vacating the mortgage. The applicants filed Civil Appeals Nos. 161 and 162 of 2020 with notices of appeal lodged in February 2020 and memoranda in August 2020. Their application for stay of execution before the trial court (Misc. Application No. 1871 of 2020) was dismissed on 30 April 2021. They then filed substantive Civil Application No. 145 of 2021 and this interim application (No. 146 of 2021). The Commissioner for Land Registration had already cancelled the first applicant's title, reinstated the respondent as proprietor, and issued a substitute title on 24 February 2021. The respondent's pending execution application sought special damages of UGX 6,000,000, general damages of UGX 50,000,000 and costs of UGX 25,067,000.

Issues

  1. Whether the applicants satisfied the conditions for the grant of an interim order for stay of execution.
  2. Whether an interim injunction restraining the respondent from alienating or disposing of the suit property should be granted pending determination of the substantive application.

Orders

  • An order for interim stay of execution of the decree issued on 20 March 2020 in HCCS No. 178 of 2009 is granted pending determination of Civil Application No. 145 of 2021.
  • An interim injunction restraining the respondent from alienation or disposing of or creating third party interests or interfering with the status quo in respect of the suit property comprised in Plot 4 LRV 147 Folio 10 situated at Rubaga Road Kampala until the determination of the substantive application is granted.
  • No order as to costs.

Rules and key headnotes

Civil Procedure — Stay of Execution — Conditions for Grant of an Interim Order
To justify the grant of an interim order for stay of execution, an applicant must satisfy three conditions: a competent notice of appeal, a pending substantive application, and a serious threat of execution.
Civil Procedure — Interim Stay — Distinction from Substantive Stay
For an interim stay it suffices to show that a substantive application is pending and that there is a serious threat of execution before the hearing of the substantive application; the court need not pre-empt consideration of the matters relevant to the substantive stay.
Civil Procedure — Interim Injunction — Preservation of Status Quo and Nugatory Appeal
Where property has already been transferred to a party pursuant to a decree, an interim injunction may still be granted to prevent further alienation where disposal of the property would render the pending main application nugatory.

Legislation cited (5)

  • Judicature (Court of Appeal) Rules SI 13-10 Rule 2(2)
  • Judicature (Court of Appeal) Rules SI 13-10 Rule 6(2)(b)
  • Judicature (Court of Appeal) Rules SI 13-10 Rule 43(1) and (2)
  • Judicature (Court of Appeal) Rules SI 13-10 Rule 76
  • Civil Procedure Act s.38

Cases cited (5)

  • Kibuka Nelson and Another v Yusuf Ziiwa (Miscellaneous Application No. 72 of 2008)
  • Patrick Kaumba Wiltshire v Ismail Dabule (Civil Application No. 03 of 2018)
  • Zubeda Mohamed and Another v Laila Walia and Another (Civil Reference No. 07 of 2016)
  • Hwang Sung Industries Limited v Tajdin Hussein and Others (Civil Application No. 19 of 2008)
  • Guiliano Gariggio v Claudio Casadio (Civil Application No. 03 of 2013)

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Kampala Financial Services Limited and Another v Mohammed (Civil Application No. 146 of 2021) [2022] UGCA 7 (20 January 2022)
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