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Michael Kibirango v Shell (U) Ltd (Civil Application No. 75 of 2001)

Court of Appeal · [2001] UGCA 65 · 2001 Application Dismissed AI-generated summary ↓ Download Pin to watchlist Add to matter
Jurisdiction
Uganda
Case Type
Application for stay of execution pending intended appeal
Decision
Application for stay of execution dismissed with costs for being incompetent

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Holding

The Court of Appeal dismissed an application for stay of execution because it was incompetent. Although the applicant argued the application related to the ex parte judgment of 13 February 2001 in Civil Suit No. 624/95, the notice of appeal on the file was directed only at the High Court ruling of 19 September 2001. Since a valid notice of appeal under rule 75 is a prerequisite for a stay under rule 5(2)(b), and no notice of appeal related to the intended appeal in the civil suit existed, the application did not conform with rule 5(2)(b) and was dismissed with costs.

Outcome

Application for stay of execution dismissed with costs for being incompetent

Facts

The applicant, Michael Kibirango, had been sued by Shell (U) Ltd in High Court Civil Suit No. 624/95 and an ex parte judgment was entered against him on 13 February 2001. He applied to the High Court for a stay of execution, which was rejected in Miscellaneous Application No. 583 of 2001 by a ruling delivered on 19 September 2001. He then brought this application to the Court of Appeal seeking a stay of execution pending an intended appeal, contending that if execution proceeded and his house was sold he would suffer irreparable loss and have nowhere to go. The notice of appeal on the file was expressed to be against the High Court decision of 19 September 2001, not against the ex parte judgment in the civil suit that the stay application in substance concerned.

Issues

  1. Whether the application for stay of execution concerned the ex parte judgment of 13 February 2001 or the ruling of 19 September 2001.
  2. Whether the application was properly lodged under rule 5(2)(b) of the Rules of the Court of Appeal given the requirement for a valid notice of appeal under rule 75.

Orders

  • Application dismissed.
  • Costs of the application to the respondent.

Rules and key headnotes

Civil Procedure — Stay of Execution — Prerequisite of a Valid Notice of Appeal under Rule 5(2)(b)
An application for stay of execution under rule 5(2)(b) of the Rules of the Court of Appeal is competent only where a notice of appeal has been lodged in accordance with rule 75; a notice of appeal directed at a different decision from the one whose execution is sought to be stayed does not satisfy this prerequisite.
Civil Procedure — Stay of Execution — Ascertaining the Judgment to Which an Application Relates
In determining the decision to which an application for stay of execution relates, the court examines the whole record and the arguments of both parties, and may hold that the application in substance concerns a judgment other than the one nominally referenced.

Legislation cited (4)

  • Rules of the Court of Appeal r.1(3)
  • Rules of the Court of Appeal r.5(2)(b)
  • Rules of the Court of Appeal r.42(1)(2)
  • Rules of the Court of Appeal r.75

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Michael Kibirango v Shell (U) Ltd (Civil Application No. 75 of 2001) [2001] UGCA 65 (16 November 2001)
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