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Mbowa & Another v Lint Marketing Board (Civil Suit 496 of 1990)

High Court · [1993] UGHC 55 · 1993 Preliminary Objections Dismissed AI-generated summary ↓ Download Pin to watchlist Add to matter
Jurisdiction
Uganda
Case Type
Application by defendant/appellant under Order 46 rule 8 of Civil Procedure Rules and section 101 of Civil Procedure Act challenging Deputy Registrar's orders on execution following wrongful dismissal judgment
Decision
Application to proceed to full hearing on the merits

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Holding

The court overruled both preliminary objections raised by the respondents. First, Justice Ntabgoba's earlier ruling addressed only the interim injunction procedure and did not determine the substantive grounds raised in the present application concerning the Registrar's decisions, including one made after that ruling. Second, whether the warrant of attachment had been executed was a matter going to the merits of the application, not a preliminary point, and would be addressed at the full hearing.

Outcome

Application to proceed to full hearing on the merits

Facts

The plaintiff had obtained judgment for wrongful dismissal on 27 December 1991 ordering the defendant to pay terminal benefits. The judgment listed categories of benefits but contained no actual figures except those later computed by counsel. The Deputy Registrar granted an interim injunction restraining execution, which was discharged by Justice Ntabgoba on 7 October 1992. The defendant paid shs. 25,616,748 into court pending a stay of execution application, which was struck out on 25 November 1992, whereupon the plaintiff received the money on 8 December 1992. A further warrant of attachment for shs. 42,521,209 in respect of the first plaintiff was issued by the Deputy Registrar on 20 January 1993. The defendant appealed against the Deputy Registrars' orders and the respondents raised preliminary objections to that appeal.

Issues

  1. Whether the matters raised in the Notice of Motion were already determined by Justice Ntabgoba's ruling of 7 October 1992 and thus res judicata.
  2. Whether the application was of any consequence given that the plaintiff had already received money paid into court.

Orders

  • Preliminary objections overruled.
  • Application to proceed to full hearing.

Rules and key headnotes

Civil Procedure — Res Judicata — Whether earlier ruling discharging interim injunction bars subsequent appeal on different grounds
A ruling discharging an interim injunction on procedural grounds does not determine substantive issues concerning the correctness of a Registrar's decision on execution, nor does it prevent an appeal against a Registrar's order made after the date of that ruling. The principle of res judicata does not apply where the issues raised have not been determined on their merits.
Civil Procedure — Preliminary Objections — Whether completion of execution renders appeal moot
The fact that a warrant of attachment has been executed and money received by a plaintiff is a matter going to the merits of an application challenging the Registrar's orders, not a proper preliminary objection. Such matters must be addressed at the full hearing where the court can determine whether there remains anything to set aside and make an appropriate order.

Legislation cited (4)

Cases cited (3)

  • Korach v Mohamed (1919-21) EALR 64
  • George Sentongo v Uganda Transport Corporation (1973) HCB 203
  • Enterprises Ltd v Uganda Breweries (ECCJ 62 of 1991)

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Mbowa & Another v Lint Marketing Board (Civil Suit 496 of 1990) [1993] UGHC 55 (16 February 1993)
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