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Kiggundu v Bank of Uganda and 5 Others (Miscellaneous Application 250 of 2002)

High Court · [2002] UGCOMMC 34 · 2002 Application Dismissed AI-generated summary ↓ Download Pin to watchlist Add to matter
Jurisdiction
Uganda
Case Type
Application to set aside a consent order entered by the Registrar, arising from Miscellaneous Application No. 7 of 2002
Decision
Application to set aside consent order dismissed; consent order remains in effect

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Holding

A minority shareholder who was not a party to the underlying application and who declined to join when invited has no standing to challenge a consent order agreed by the company and the majority shareholders. The consent order did not constitute an irregular alienation as the sale was voluntarily permitted by the company and majority shareholders, not effected by Bank of Uganda as mortgagee. The consent order preserved the subject matter by requiring sale proceeds to be held pending judicial determination.

Outcome

Application to set aside consent order dismissed; consent order remains in effect

Facts

FIBA (U) Ltd owned 75% interest in property at Plot 30, Kampala Road. The company and 42 of its 50 shareholders agreed to a consent order permitting Bank of Uganda to sell FIBA's interest in the property, with proceeds to be held in a special account pending determination of Miscellaneous Application No. 6 of 2002. The consent order was entered by the Registrar on 29 April 2002. Sulaiman Kiggundu, a minority shareholder who was not a party to MA 7/02 and who had declined to join as an applicant in MA 6/02, applied to set aside the consent order. Kiggundu argued that the property was never mortgaged to Bank of Uganda and could not be sold, and that the consent order was irregular because he did not participate in its formulation. The Respondents argued that Kiggundu had no right to be consulted as he was not a party to the relevant applications, that he suffered no injury, and that the sale was voluntary, not as mortgagee.

Issues

  1. Whether the applicant, a minority shareholder who was not a party to the underlying application nor to the consent order, has standing and grounds to set aside the consent order.
  2. Whether the consent order constituted an irregular alienation of company property that caused injury to the applicant.
  3. Whether the consent order renders the underlying Miscellaneous Application No. 6 of 2002 nugatory.

Orders

  • Application dismissed.
  • Costs awarded to the Respondents.

Rules and key headnotes

Company Law — Shareholders — Minority Shareholder Rights — Standing to Challenge Company Decisions
A minority shareholder who was not a party to proceedings and who declined to join when invited has no standing to challenge a consent order agreed by the company and the majority shareholders, as no injury is suffered where the shareholder deliberately chose not to participate.
Civil Procedure — Consent Orders — Setting Aside — Grounds
A party who was not party to the underlying application has no right to be consulted on nor to concur in a consent order, and non-participation in the decision-making process does not constitute an injury sufficient to set aside the consent order.
Company Law — Shareholders — Derivative Actions — Protecting Company Interests
A minority shareholder cannot claim to act to protect the company's interests against the voluntary decision of the company itself and the majority shareholders, as a company cannot be protected against itself nor can a minority shareholder protect the interests of majority shareholders against themselves.
Civil Procedure — Consent Orders — Effect — Preservation of Underlying Proceedings
A consent order does not render underlying proceedings nugatory where its terms expressly preserve the subject matter by requiring sale proceeds to be held without disposition pending judicial determination of the underlying application, with aggrieved parties afforded an opportunity to appeal.

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Kiggundu v Bank of Uganda and 5 Others (Miscellaneous Application 250 of 2002) [2002] UGCommC 34 (29 May 2002)
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