Mukasa & Anor v Jade Petroleum (U) Ltd (Miscellaneous Application No. 2374 of 2016)
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Holding
Application for stay of execution dismissed. The court held that without an actual appeal filed in the Court of Appeal or an application for leave to appeal out of time, the applicants could not establish grounds for stay. No likelihood of success could be assessed without a valid appeal, and monetary damages could be recovered if a future appeal succeeded, negating claims of irreparable loss.
Outcome
Application for stay of execution dismissed; no stay granted pending appeal
Facts
The applicants sought stay of execution of a judgment and decree from Civil Suit 275/2014, claiming they learned of the judgment only at execution stage after their counsel abandoned them and failed to notify them of the judgment date. The judgment was delivered on 13 November 2015. Applicants obtained typed proceedings on 26 October 2016 and filed a notice of appeal on 3 October 2016 in the Commercial Division, but filed no appeal in the Court of Appeal and no application for leave to appeal out of time. The respondent opposed the application, arguing the notice of appeal was filed a year late, no valid appeal existed, and the applicants failed to demonstrate likelihood of success or irreparable loss. The respondent had delivered goods approximately four years prior and remained unpaid.
Issues
- Whether the applicants demonstrated sufficient cause to warrant stay of execution pending appeal out of time.
- Whether the applicants established likelihood of success on appeal.
- Whether the applicants would suffer irreparable loss if execution proceeded.
Orders
- Application dismissed.
- Each party to bear its own costs.
Rules and key headnotes
Legislation cited (5)
- Civil Procedure Rules O.22 r.23
- Civil Procedure Act s.98
- Civil Procedure Rules O.52 r.1
- Civil Procedure Rules O.52 r.3
- Civil Procedure Act s.101
Cases cited (8)
- Malinga Noah and Others v Akol Henry (Court of Appeal Miscellaneous Application No. 203 of 2015)
- David Wesley v Attorney General (Constitutional Application No. 01 of 2014)
- Kyazze v Busingye (Constitutional Application No. 18 of 2014)
- National Enterprise Corporation v Mukisa Foods Ltd (Court of Appeal No. 07 of 1998)
- Kasaala Growers Co-op Society Ltd v Kakooza Jonathan and Another (Supreme Court Civil Appeal No. 24 of 2010)
- Mugenyi & Co. Advocates vs. National Insurance Corporation
- East Africa Development Bank v Blueline Enterprise Ltd [2006] 2 EA 51
- Electoral Commission v Nambooze Betty Bakireke (Election Petition Appeal No. 1 of 2007)
Full judgment
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