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Kiyaga v Byarubaska and 2 Others (Civil Review 3077 of 2023)

High Court · [2024] UGHCLD 139 · 2024 Application Dismissed AI-generated summary ↓ Download Pin to watchlist Add to matter
Jurisdiction
Uganda
Case Type
Review application before High Court Land Division
Decision
Application struck off as res judicata and abuse of court process

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Holding

Held that the application was a replica of MA No. 131/2023 involving the same parties and same issues, which had already been disposed of by ruling delivered on 12 September 2023. The court found the application to be res judicata and an abuse of court process, and struck it off under section 17(2) of the Judicature Act with no order as to costs since the matter had not been fixed for hearing.

Outcome

Application struck off as res judicata and abuse of court process

Facts

The applicant Kiyaga Edward filed a civil review application (No. 3077 of 2023) before the High Court Land Division against three respondents. Upon examination of the court record, the court discovered that the instant application was identical to MA No. 131/2023. Both applications involved the same parties and sought to raise the same issues. MA No. 131/2023 had already been determined, with a ruling delivered on 12 September 2023 disposing of all the issues the applicant intended to raise in the current application.

Issues

  1. Whether the instant application is res judicata having regard to MA No. 131/2023.
  2. Whether the instant application constitutes an abuse of court process.

Orders

  • Application struck off in accordance with section 17(2) of the Judicature Act.
  • No order as to costs.

Rules and key headnotes

Civil Procedure — Res Judicata — Duplicate Applications
Where an application involves the same parties and seeks to raise the same issues that have already been disposed of in an earlier application between the same parties, the subsequent application is res judicata and constitutes an abuse of court process, warranting striking off under section 17(2) of the Judicature Act.

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