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Kivumbi v Namugenyi & 2 Ors (Civil Revision No. 10 of 2014)

High Court · [2014] UGHCCD 136 · 2014 Application Partly Allowed AI-generated summary ↓ Download Pin to watchlist Add to matter
Jurisdiction
Uganda
Case Type
Application for revision of High Court judgment in civil appeal from Chief Magistrate's Court
Decision
Application partly allowed correcting accidental slip regarding costs award in lower court; costs in appeal remain with respondents

Observed later treatment

Cited — treatment unverified cited in 9 (treatment unverified) Sequitur — Uganda’s citator · Derived from citing cases in the Wakilii corpus — not an assertion that this case is good law.

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No adverse treatment recorded Cited 9 times with no adverse treatment recorded; not yet tested on the merits. Citations rising — 8 citing cases on record, 8 in the most recent three data years. Derived from citing cases in the Wakilii corpus — a deterministic signal, not legal advice.

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Holding

Held that the court did not commit an error requiring correction under Section 99 of the Civil Procedure Act regarding which judicial officer presided on 29 October 2010, as the court had relied on certified typed proceedings that specified it was a Session Magistrate Grade 1. However, the court acknowledged an accidental slip in awarding costs in the lower court to the respondents, as the applicant had won at trial. Costs in the lower court should have remained with the successful party at that stage. Costs in the appeal properly awarded to respondents as the successful party in the appeal.

Outcome

Application partly allowed correcting accidental slip regarding costs award in lower court; costs in appeal remain with respondents

Facts

The applicant brought a revision application challenging errors in a High Court judgment in Civil Appeal No. 026 of 2013 arising from Nabweru Chief Magistrate's Court Civil Suit No. 26 of 2008. The applicant had been successful in the lower court and was awarded costs but appealed the quantum of damages. The High Court dismissed the appeal and awarded costs to the respondents both in the appeal and in the lower court. The applicant sought correction of two alleged errors: first, that the judgment erroneously stated a Session Magistrate Grade 1 presided on 29 October 2010 when it was allegedly the Chief Magistrate; second, that costs in the lower court were awarded to the respondents without a cross-appeal and without hearing the applicant on this issue.

Issues

  1. Whether the court erred in stating that on 29 October 2010 a Session Magistrate Grade 1 presided over proceedings when it was allegedly the Chief Magistrate.
  2. Whether the High Court erred in awarding costs in the lower court to the respondents when they had not cross-appealed for them.

Orders

  • Application partly allowed.
  • The award of costs in the lower court to the respondents is set aside as an accidental slip.
  • Costs to the respondents limited to costs in the appeal only.
  • Each party to bear their own costs of this application.

Rules and key headnotes

Civil Procedure — Revision — Powers of Court to Correct Errors in Judgments
Under Section 99 of the Civil Procedure Act, the High Court has powers to amend its decision whether before or after issuance of formal orders, provided the court is giving effect to its intention at the time judgment was given or is satisfied it is proper and equitable to order a rectification, and in correcting such mistakes the court is not functus officio.
Civil Procedure — Revision — Reliance on Certified Court Records
Where typed proceedings are certified by the issuing court as true and original copies and specify which judicial officer presided over proceedings, an appellate court is entitled to rely on such certified records in reaching its decision, and it is not an error or accidental slip to do so.
Civil Procedure — Costs — Costs Follow the Event
Under Section 27 of the Civil Procedure Act, costs of any action shall follow the event unless the court for good reason otherwise orders, and the court has full power to determine by whom costs are to be paid; where an appeal is dismissed, the successful respondent is entitled to costs of the appeal.
Civil Procedure — Costs — Award of Costs Without Cross-Appeal
Where an appellant was the successful party in the lower court and was awarded costs, it is an accidental slip for an appellate court to award the costs of the lower court to the respondent without a cross-appeal on the issue of costs, as the successful party at trial retained entitlement to those costs regardless of the appeal outcome.

Legislation cited (8)

Cases cited (3)

  • Villabhoas Karsandas Raninga v Mansukhlal Jivraj and Others [1965] EA 700
  • Transtrac Limited v Damco Logistics Ltd (Misc. Application No. 348 of 2012)
  • Kiska Ltd v De Angelias [1969] EA 6

Cases citing this judgment (9)

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Kivumbi v Namugenyi & 2 Ors (Civil Revision No. 10 of 2014) [2014] UGHCCD 136 (31 October 2014)
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