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Nangumya v Gulf Stream Investment (U) Limited & 5 Others (Miscellaneous Application 1775 of 2022)

High Court · [2024] UGCOMMC 239 · 2024 Application Dismissed AI-generated summary ↓ Download Pin to watchlist Add to matter
Jurisdiction
Uganda
Case Type
Application for leave to appeal to the Court of Appeal against dismissal of earlier application for review
Decision
Application dismissed; applicant remains evicted; no leave to appeal granted

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Holding

Application for leave to appeal dismissed. The court held that leave to appeal is granted only where prima facie there are grounds meriting serious judicial consideration. Where an order was made in exercise of judicial discretion, a stronger case must be shown. Here, the applicant failed to pay a debt under a consent judgment, the property was sold and transferred to the first respondent who became registered proprietor, and eviction had been executed and returned. The Court of Appeal had already upheld the execution proceedings. No serious issue for judicial consideration was raised. The application was an abuse of process.

Outcome

Application dismissed; applicant remains evicted; no leave to appeal granted

Facts

The applicant and respondents entered a consent judgment on 23 September 2020 in HCCS No. 969 of 2018 under which the applicant was to pay UGX 500,000,000 by 31 October 2020 and the balance of UGX 460,000,000 within six months. The applicant defaulted. Respondents obtained an eviction order under EMA No. 283 of 2021. Between the filing of the main suit and hearing of HCMA No. 1673 of 2022, the applicant filed six applications, most dismissed or withdrawn. The applicant filed HCMA No. 1673 of 2022 on 29 November 2022 seeking review and setting aside of the Deputy Registrar's eviction order. On 7 December 2022 the eviction was carried out and a return filed. The court dismissed HCMA No. 1673 of 2022 as overtaken by events. The property had been sold and transferred to the first respondent who became registered proprietor. The applicant then filed this application for leave to appeal. The Court of Appeal in Civil Application No. 841 of 2022 had upheld the execution and eviction proceedings, finding the first respondent to be legal owner and in possession.

Issues

  1. Whether the Applicant should be granted leave to appeal against the Court's decision in HCMA No. 1673 of 2022
  2. What remedies are available to the parties?

Orders

  • Application dismissed.
  • Costs awarded to the Respondents.

Rules and key headnotes

Civil Procedure — Leave to Appeal — Test for Grant of Leave
An applicant seeking leave to appeal must show either that the intended appeal has a reasonable chance of success or that there are arguable grounds of appeal meriting serious judicial consideration. Where the order appealed from was made in the exercise of judicial discretion, a stronger case must be made out.
Civil Procedure — Leave to Appeal — Application Overtaken by Events
Where execution of an eviction order has been carried out, a return filed, and the property transferred to a third party who has become registered proprietor, an application seeking to review the original eviction order is overtaken by events and raises no serious issue for judicial consideration on appeal.
Civil Procedure — Abuse of Process — Successive Applications
An application for leave to appeal filed after a party has already pursued multiple unsuccessful applications and after an appellate court has upheld the execution proceedings constitutes an abuse of the court process where no new serious issue is raised.

Legislation cited (2)

Cases cited (3)

  • G.M. Combined (U) Ltd v A.K. Detergents (U) Ltd (Supreme Court Civil Appeal No. 23 of 1994)
  • Java Coffee & Tea Ltd v Uganda Registration Services Bureau & Others (Company Cause No. 16 of 2014)
  • Sango Bay Estate v Dresdner Bank & Attorney General [1971] EA 17

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Nangumya v Gulf Stream Investment (U) Limited & 5 Others (Miscellaneous Application 1775 of 2022) [2024] UGCommC 239 (13 August 2024)
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