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Kasozi and 3 Others v Kasozi and 3 Others (Miscellaneous Application 2419 of 2023)

High Court · [2023] UGHCLD 302 · 2023 Application Granted AI-generated summary ↓ Download Pin to watchlist Add to matter
Jurisdiction
Uganda
Case Type
Application for interim stay of execution pending determination of substantive application for temporary stay of execution, arising from application to set aside consent judgment in Civil Suit No. 211 of 2011
Decision
Interim stay of execution granted maintaining status quo pending determination of substantive application

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Holding

The High Court granted an interim stay of execution to maintain the status quo pending determination of a substantive application for temporary stay. The court held that where beneficiaries of an estate face eviction pursuant to a consent judgment to which they were not party, and have filed applications to set aside that judgment, an interim stay is warranted if there is a substantive application pending, a serious threat of execution, and the order is necessary to prevent the substantive application from being rendered nugatory.

Outcome

Interim stay of execution granted maintaining status quo pending determination of substantive application

Facts

The applicants are beneficiaries of the Estate of the Late Joseph Kasana. The 1st and 2nd respondents were parties to Civil Suit No. 211 of 2011 and entered into a consent judgment concerning land comprised in LRV 4194 Fol. 15 Kyadondo Block 273 Plot 275. The applicants were not party to that suit or consent judgment. The 2nd respondent applied for execution of the consent judgment, a warrant of attachment and sale was issued, and the suit land was sold to the 4th respondent. A notice of eviction was issued directing the applicants to vacate the suit land by 18 August 2023. The applicants filed an application to set aside the consent judgment and decree, and filed a substantive application for temporary stay of execution. They then filed this application for interim stay of execution pending determination of the substantive application.

Issues

  1. Whether the applicants have established grounds for the grant of an interim order for stay of execution pending determination of the substantive application for temporary stay of execution.

Orders

  • An interim order to stay execution maintaining the status quo doth issue against the respondents pending the determination of the substantive application for temporary stay of execution.
  • Costs of this application shall abide the outcome of the substantive application.

Rules and key headnotes

Interim Stay of Execution — Test for Grant
An interim order for stay of execution may be granted where the applicant establishes: (a) that there is a substantive application pending in court; (b) that there is a serious threat of execution before the hearing of the substantive application; and (c) that if the application is not granted it would render the substantive application nugatory.
Interim Orders — Rationale and Purpose
The rationale for interim orders is to preserve the right of the applicant to have his or her application heard and to ensure that the main application is not rendered nugatory. Invoking an interim procedure must neither be taken as an alternative to, or substitute for, the procedure for obtaining a stay, and ought to be made only in compelling circumstances to prevent defeat of justice.
Unopposed Applications — Effect of Failure to Reply
Where facts are sworn to in an affidavit and they are not denied or rebutted by the opposite party, they are deemed admitted.

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Kasozi_and_3_Others_v_Kasozi_and_3_Others_(Miscellaneous_Application_2419_of_2023)_[2023]_UGHCLD_302_(26_September_2023)
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