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Mujab John Kimera v Dr Nganwa William and Others [2026] UGHCLD 214

High Court · 2026 Appeal Struck Off AI-generated summary ↓ Download Pin to watchlist Add to matter
Jurisdiction
Uganda
Case Type
Appeal to a judge seeking to set aside an order of the Deputy Registrar dismissing an application for a temporary injunction
Decision
Appeal struck off as overtaken by the abatement of the main suit; no order as to costs

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Holding

The appellant sought to set aside a Deputy Registrar's order dismissing his application for a temporary injunction. The court held that because the civil suit from which the injunction application arose had abated and been struck off, the appeal had been overtaken by that event and could not be entertained. An interlocutory appeal has no independent existence once the substantive suit supporting it is no longer on foot. The appeal was accordingly struck off, with no order as to costs.

Outcome

Appeal struck off as overtaken by the abatement of the main suit; no order as to costs

Facts

The appellant had filed Civil Suit No. 16 of 2021 in the Land Division of the High Court and, within that suit, Miscellaneous Application No. 41 of 2021 seeking a temporary injunction. The Acting Deputy Registrar dismissed the injunction application. The appellant then brought this appeal/application seeking to set aside the Registrar's dismissal order. Before the appeal was determined, Civil Suit No. 16 of 2021 abated and was struck off, leaving no substantive proceedings to which the interlocutory injunction application or the appeal against its dismissal could attach.

Issues

  1. Whether an appeal against a registrar's order dismissing an application for a temporary injunction can proceed after the main suit from which the application arose has abated and been struck off.

Orders

  • The appeal is struck off, having been overtaken by the abatement and striking off of Civil Suit No. 16 of 2021.
  • No order as to costs.

Rules and key headnotes

Civil Procedure — Interlocutory Applications — Effect of Abatement and Striking Off of the Main Suit on a Pending Appeal
An appeal against a registrar's order in an interlocutory application has no independent existence and is overtaken by events where the substantive suit from which the application arose has abated and been struck off; the appeal must itself be struck off.

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Mujab John Kimera v Dr Nganwa William and Others [2026] UGHCLD 214 (5 June 2026)
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