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Nakamatte Namusisi Justine (Administrator of the Estate of the Late Edward Nsereko Akula Ssematimba) v Stephen Bamwanga and Others [2026] UGHCLD 53

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Jurisdiction
Uganda
Case Type
Application by notice of motion to review and set aside orders made in an earlier miscellaneous application striking out a civil suit against certain defendants and varying a temporary injunction
Decision
Application for review dismissed; the orders in Misc. Application No. 1941 of 2025 remain in force

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Holding

The court dismissed an application to review orders striking out a suit against four defendants and varying a temporary injunction. Review under section 82 of the Civil Procedure Act and Order 46 rule 1 requires new and important evidence, an error apparent on the face of the record, or other sufficient reason, and is not an appeal in disguise. An earlier application to strike out the whole suit against all defendants, which was dismissed, did not preclude a later application directed only at specific defendants; the two were distinct in scope and parties, so no patent error arose. Counsel's late filing of an affidavit without leave was not sufficient reason for review.

Outcome

Application for review dismissed; the orders in Misc. Application No. 1941 of 2025 remain in force

Facts

The applicant, administrator of the estates of the late Edward Nsereko and Akula Ssematimba, filed Civil Suit No. 711 of 2020 alleging that estate land at Magere, Kyadondo, comprised in Block 191 Plots 21, 32, 34 and 68, had been fraudulently subdivided and registered in other persons' names, a discovery she attributed to an area schedule obtained from the Ministry of Lands in December 2018. An earlier application, Misc. Application No. 459 of 2021, sought to strike out the entire suit against all defendants for want of a cause of action; it was dismissed in January 2022 and the suit proceeded to scheduling, with a joint scheduling memorandum, trial bundles and witness statements filed. In 2025, the 26th to 29th defendants brought Misc. Application No. 1941 of 2025 seeking to strike out the suit against them only, on the grounds that the plaint disclosed no cause of action and was time-barred. That application succeeded and also varied an earlier temporary injunction so far as it affected the applicant's titles for Plots 34 and 68. The applicant's affidavit in reply had been filed outside the court-directed timeline, without leave, and was not considered.

Issues

  1. Whether the application raises grounds for review of the orders made in Miscellaneous Application No. 1941 of 2025 under section 82 of the Civil Procedure Act and Order 46 of the Civil Procedure Rules.
  2. What remedies are available to the parties.

Orders

  • The application is dismissed.
  • The orders issued in Misc. Application No. 1941 of 2025 remain in force.
  • Each party shall bear their own costs.

Rules and key headnotes

Civil Procedure — Review of Judgments and Orders — Statutory Grounds under Civil Procedure Act s.82 and Order 46 r.1
Review of a judgment or order lies only where the aggrieved party shows the discovery of new and important matter or evidence which could not, with due diligence, have been produced earlier, a mistake or error apparent on the face of the record, or any other sufficient reason.
Civil Procedure — Review — Review Not an Appeal in Disguise
The jurisdiction to review is not a substitute for appeal; it must be exercised sparingly and only where the strict statutory grounds are satisfied, and dissatisfaction with a ruling is properly pursued on appeal.
Civil Procedure — Review — Error Apparent on the Face of the Record — Meaning
An error apparent on the face of the record must be self-evident and arise from the record without requiring elaborate argument or detailed examination.
Civil Procedure — Striking Out Pleadings — Successive Applications under Order 7 r.11 Directed at Different Defendants
The dismissal of an earlier application to strike out an entire suit against all defendants does not automatically preclude a later application to strike out the suit against specific defendants, where the two applications differ in scope and in the parties affected, and no patent error arises from the differing outcomes.
Civil Procedure — Review — "Any Other Sufficient Reason" — Mistake or Negligence of Counsel
"Any other sufficient reason" means a reason analogous to the other statutory grounds for review; although the mistakes of counsel should not ordinarily be visited upon a litigant, that principle is not absolute and a litigant remains bound by the conduct of their advocate unless sufficient cause is demonstrated, so the late filing of an affidavit without leave is not sufficient reason for review.

Legislation cited (8)

Cases cited (2)

  • Busoga Growers Co-operative Union Ltd v Nsamba & Sons Ltd (Miscellaneous Application No. 123 of 2000)
  • Edison Kanyabwera v Pastori Tumwebaze (Civil Appeal No. 6 of 2004)

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Nakamatte Namusisi Justine (Administrator of the Estate of the Late Edward Nsereko Akula Ssematimba) v Stephen Bamwanga and Others [2026] UGHCLD 53 (16 March 2026)
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