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Nambi v Bujjingo & 2 Ors (Misc Application No. 1013 of 2015)

High Court · [2017] UGHCLD 360 · 2017 Application Dismissed AI-generated summary ↓ Download Pin to watchlist Add to matter
Jurisdiction
Uganda
Case Type
Application for temporary injunction arising from civil revision proceedings
Decision
Application for temporary injunction dismissed; main suit to proceed

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Holding

The High Court dismissed an application for temporary injunction restraining eviction from mailo land. The applicant failed to establish a prima facie case because she did not prove the property was in danger within the meaning of Order 41 rule 1 of the Civil Procedure Rules, despite the third respondent being the registered proprietor. The court held that the applicant's complaint of a letter threatening eviction was insufficient, and the pleadings showed damages could compensate any injury. The balance of convenience favoured the respondents whose registered interest was protected by section 59 of the Registration of Titles Act.

Outcome

Application for temporary injunction dismissed; main suit to proceed

Facts

The applicant sought a temporary injunction restraining the respondents from altering the status quo of mailo land comprised in Mailo Register Kibuga Block 12 Plot 13 at Mengo Kisenyi, and from evicting tenants pending the hearing of the main suit. The applicant claimed to be interested in the estate of the late Muhamud Makanga, alleging family members were gathering his mailo interests. The respondents contested this, arguing that the late Makanga only intended to purchase the mailo interest but never did so, and that the third respondent was the registered proprietor. The respondents characterised the applicant as a trespasser. The only evidence of danger to the property was a letter threatening to evict tenants.

Issues

  1. Whether the Applicant established a prima facie case with a possibility of success for purposes of granting a temporary injunction.
  2. Whether the Applicant demonstrated irreparable injury that could not be adequately compensated by damages.
  3. Whether the balance of convenience favoured the Applicant.

Orders

  • Application dismissed.
  • Costs to abide the main cause.

Rules and key headnotes

Temporary Injunctions — Requirements for Grant — Prima Facie Case
For a court to grant a temporary injunction, the applicant must show a prima facie case with a possibility of success, and must also demonstrate that the property in the suit is in danger of being wasted, damaged, alienated, wrongfully sold, or that there is a threat of removal or disposal to defraud creditors as required by Order 41 rule 1 of the Civil Procedure Rules.
Temporary Injunctions — Prima Facie Case — Property in Danger
A complaint of a letter threatening to evict tenants, without evidence that the property is in actual danger of being wasted, damaged, or alienated, is insufficient to establish a prima facie case for the purposes of a temporary injunction where the respondent is the registered proprietor.
Registration of Titles — Protection of Registered Interest
The registered interest of a proprietor is protected by section 59 of the Registration of Titles Act unless impeached, and the balance of convenience in an application for temporary injunction favours the respondent who holds the registered interest.
Temporary Injunctions — Irreparable Injury — Adequacy of Damages
Where pleadings contain prayers for damages and alternative relief such as an account of rent collected, the applicant has not demonstrated irreparable injury that cannot be compensated by an award of damages.

Legislation cited (3)

Cases cited (2)

  • Kiyimba Kagwa v Katende (1985) HCB 43
  • Sugar Corporation of Uganda Ltd v Mohammed Tijani (HCCS No. 39 of 1993)

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Nambi v Bujjingo & 2 Ors (Misc Application No. 1013 of 2015) [2017] UGHCLD 360 (1 November 2017)
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