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Kasenke v Katambala & Anor (MISC. APPLICATION N0. 47 OF 2014)

High Court · [2017] UGHCCD 204 · 2017 Application Granted AI-generated summary ↓ Download Pin to watchlist Add to matter
Jurisdiction
Uganda
Case Type
Application to vary a consent judgment in a civil suit
Decision
Parts of the consent judgment relating to the estate of the late Kasenke Sedulaki set aside; question of ownership of Plot 16A to be properly inquired into

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Holding

The court granted the application and set aside parts of the consent judgment affecting the estate of the late Kasenke Sedulaki. The applicant, holding letters of administration, was found to have locus standi as a person aggrieved whose interests were affected by the consent judgment. The court found no evidence that Anthony Kasenke had authority to act for the estate or that the estate instructed counsel. The consent judgment was set aside under section 82 of the Civil Procedure Act on grounds that consent was given in ignorance of material facts and without proper representation of the estate's interests.

Outcome

Parts of the consent judgment relating to the estate of the late Kasenke Sedulaki set aside; question of ownership of Plot 16A to be properly inquired into

Facts

The applicant holds letters of administration for the estate of the late Kasenke Sedulaki, who had occupied business premises at Plot 16A, Oboja Road, Iganga since 1962 under a tenancy agreement with the Ministry of Trade and Industry. In April 2013, the second respondent demolished premises owned by the first respondent and sought to demolish the applicant's premises. The applicant then discovered a consent judgment between the first and second respondents in Civil Suit No. 03 of 2010, to which the estate was not a party. The consent judgment included provisions at paragraphs 1 and 3 purporting to deal with the interests of the late Kasenke's estate through one Anthony Kasenke, who was to remove a caveat and receive payment. The second respondent claimed to be the registered proprietor of Plots 14, 14A and 16, and sought to use the consent judgment to evict the applicant, asserting that Plot 16A was part of the same land. The applicant denied that Anthony Kasenke had authority to represent the estate or that the estate received any payment or instructed counsel in the original suit.

Issues

  1. Whether the applicant has locus standi to apply for variation of a consent judgment to which she was not a party.
  2. Whether the consent judgment was obtained in ignorance of material facts or without proper authority to bind the estate of the late Kasenke Sedulaki.
  3. Whether Plot 16A was part of the suit land covered by the consent judgment.
  4. Whether the failure to cite the correct statutory provisions in the Notice of Motion is fatal to the application.

Orders

  • Application granted.
  • Parts of paragraph 1 and 3 of the consent judgment set aside insofar as they relate to the interests of the late Kasenke Sedulaki.
  • Costs of the application awarded to the applicant.
  • Preliminary objection dismissed.

Rules and key headnotes

Civil Procedure — Review of Judgments — Locus Standi — Who is an Aggrieved Person
A person aggrieved for purposes of section 82 of the Civil Procedure Act and Order 42 of the Civil Procedure Rules is one who has suffered a legal grievance or whose interests are affected by the judgment, even if they were not a party to the original proceedings. An administrator of an estate whose interests are affected by a consent judgment has locus standi to apply for review under section 82.
Civil Procedure — Consent Judgments — Grounds for Setting Aside — Lack of Authority
A consent judgment may be set aside where consent was given in ignorance of material facts or by a person without proper authority to bind the interests purportedly represented. Where a consent judgment purports to dispose of the interests of an estate but there is no evidence that the person purporting to act had authority from the estate's legal representative, the consent judgment may be set aside under section 82 of the Civil Procedure Act.
Civil Procedure — Preliminary Objections — Failure to Cite Correct Statutory Provision — Effect
Where an application omits to cite the correct statutory provision but the court has jurisdiction to grant the order sought, the irregularity is not fatal and the correct provision may be deemed inserted. Article 126(2)(e) of the Constitution enjoins courts to do substantive justice and not be unduly fettered by technicalities.
Civil Procedure — Review of Judgments — Consent Judgments — Principles for Setting Aside
A consent judgment is prima facie binding on all parties and those claiming under them and cannot be varied or discharged unless obtained by fraud or collusion, or by an agreement contrary to the policy of the court, or if consent was given without sufficient material facts, or in misapprehension or ignorance of material facts, or for a reason which would enable the court to set aside an agreement.

Legislation cited (5)

Cases cited (3)

  • Brooke Bond Liebig (T) Ltd v Mallya [1975] EA 266
  • Bwengye v Bonera (Misc. Application No. 33 of 2009)
  • Allibhai v Mukasa & Anor (Supreme Court Civil Appeal No. 56 of 1996)

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Kasenke v Katambala & Anor (MISC. APPLICATION N0. 47 OF 2014) [2017] UGHCCD 204 (17 August 2017)
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