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Mbaguta Innocent Twebaze v Nkugwa Rose and Others [2025] UGHC 241

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Jurisdiction
Uganda
Case Type
Application for review of High Court decision in Miscellaneous Cause No. 167 of 2021 heard ex parte
Decision
Application for review dismissed with costs. Applicant advised of option to file ordinary suit to remove caveat.

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Holding

The court dismissed the application for review. The applicant sought to review a decision in a land caveat matter on grounds that he had not perused certified copies of documents from the Commissioner Land Registration. The court held that the applicant's counsel had submitted these documents for adoption in April 2023, and the failure to adequately peruse them did not constitute discovery of new evidence or any other sufficient reason under Section 82 of the Civil Procedure Act and Order 46 of the Civil Procedure Rules.

Outcome

Application for review dismissed with costs. Applicant advised of option to file ordinary suit to remove caveat.

Facts

The applicant, Mbaguta Innocent Twebaze, suing through his lawful attorney Kyeyune Ronald, sought a review of the High Court's decision in Miscellaneous Cause No. 167 of 2021, which concerned a land caveat. The 4th respondent filed a reply; the other three respondents did not appear and the application was heard ex parte. The applicant claimed he never had the opportunity to peruse certified copies of documents from the Commissioner Land Registration. These documents had been submitted by the applicant's counsel, Mr. Lubulwa Peter, for court adoption on 26 April 2023, following a court order to the Commissioner to produce all documents pertaining to the caveat. The documents revealed that the first respondent, Ms. Nkugwa Rose, had died on 5 December 2021.

Issues

  1. Whether the applicant satisfied the statutory requirements for a review of judgment under Section 82 of the Civil Procedure Act and Order 46 of the Civil Procedure Rules.
  2. Whether the discovery that the first respondent died on 5 December 2021 constituted a new and important matter justifying review.

Orders

  • Application for review dismissed.
  • Costs awarded to the 4th Respondent.

Rules and key headnotes

Civil Procedure — Review of Judgment — Requirements Under Section 82 Civil Procedure Act
An application for review of judgment under Section 82 of the Civil Procedure Act and Order 46 of the Civil Procedure Rules requires the applicant to establish discovery of new and important evidence which after exercise of due diligence was not within their knowledge or could not be produced when the decree was passed, or mistake or error apparent on the face of the record, or other sufficient reason.
Civil Procedure — Review of Judgment — Counsel's Failure to Peruse Documents
Where an applicant's own counsel submits documents to court for adoption as part of pleadings, the applicant cannot later claim that the contents of those documents constitute new evidence justifying a review. Counsel's failure to adequately peruse documents already in their possession does not amount to discovery of new facts within the meaning of Order 46 of the Civil Procedure Rules.

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Mbaguta Innocent Twebaze v Nkugwa Rose and Others 2025 UGHC 241 (21 January 2025)
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