Mafabi v Mash Investments Limited & 2 Others (Miscellaneous Application 236 of 2024)

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Holding

The court declined to determine preliminary objections as a preliminary matter, finding them incapable of disposing of the main application and noting that some objections raise issues that must be interrogated in the main application itself. The court deferred determination of the preliminary objections to the hearing of the main application.

Outcome

Preliminary objections deferred to main hearing; administrative order extended pending full hearing

Facts

The Applicant sought stay of execution of judgment and orders in Civil Suit No. 15 of 2021 pending determination of a Court of Appeal civil appeal, along with restraint orders preventing the Respondents from interfering with the suit land. Before the court could schedule substantive submissions, counsel for the 3rd Respondent raised five preliminary objections including that the application is incurably defective, that the Applicant irregularly acquired an administrative restraint order, that the matter is res judicata, that the court is functus officio, and that there is no imminent threat warranting a stay. An administrative restraint order had been issued expiring on 7 November 2024.

Issues

1. Whether the preliminary objections raised by the 3rd Respondent should be determined before proceeding to the merits of the application for stay of execution.

Orders

• Preliminary objections to be determined together with the main application on 12 November 2024 at 2pm.
• Administrative order extended from 7 November 2024 to 12 November 2024.

Legislation cited (4)

• Judicature Act Cap 16 s.37
• Civil Procedure Act Cap 282 s.98
• Civil Procedure Rules SI.71 Order 43 rules 1-4
• Civil Procedure Rules SI.71 Order 52 rules 1-9

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