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Nankya T A offenders Rehabilitation International v Tinash Investiment (Miscellaneous Application No. 648 of 2011)

High Court · [2012] UGCOMMC 181 · 2012 Application Dismissed AI-generated summary ↓ Download Pin to watchlist Add to matter
Jurisdiction
Uganda
Case Type
Interlocutory application arising from civil suit seeking to strike off applicant's name from the pleadings
Decision
Application dismissed — applicant remains as second defendant in the underlying civil suit

Observed later treatment

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Holding

Application dismissed. Order 30 rule 8(2)(b) does not apply where entry of appearance has been abolished by the 1998 amendments. Rule 5 requiring notice applies only to partnerships sued in firm names; rule 10 applies to persons trading under business names. The applicant was properly sued under her own name trading as Offenders Rehabilitation International. Whether she was an employee is a factual matter for trial. No prejudice occasioned by the current pleadings. Application dismissed with costs.

Outcome

Application dismissed — applicant remains as second defendant in the underlying civil suit

Facts

The applicant was sued as the second defendant trading as Offenders Rehabilitation International in a civil suit for unpaid merchandise worth UGX 85,050,000. She claimed she was merely a casual employee and secretary who had been terminated before the offices closed. She issued a local purchase order on 14 October 2009 for wheelbarrows and barbed wire and received the consignment on 21-22 October 2009. The supplier returned to find the offices vacated. Police investigations revealed Offenders Rehabilitation International was unregistered. The applicant was arrested in February 2010 and stated the first defendant was her employer. She filed this application seeking to be struck off the pleadings on grounds she was never a partner and her appearance was unnecessary.

Issues

  1. Whether Order 30 rule 8(2)(b) of the Civil Procedure Rules applies where the practice of entry of appearance has been abolished.
  2. Whether the applicant was properly sued as a partner when she claimed to be only a casual employee.
  3. Whether the requirements of Order 30 rule 5 regarding notice to persons served as partners apply to this case.
  4. Whether Order 30 rule 10 applies to persons carrying on business in names other than their own, as distinct from partnerships governed by rule 5.
  5. Whether entitling the suit against the applicant as trading as Offenders Rehabilitation International constitutes a misnomer that warrants striking off her name.

Orders

  • Application dismissed.
  • Costs awarded to the respondent.

Rules and key headnotes

Civil Procedure — Order 30 — Suits Against Firms — Abolition of Entry of Appearance — Application of Order 30 rule 8(2)(b)
Order 30 rule 8(2)(b) of the Civil Procedure Rules, which provides for setting aside service after entry of appearance denying partnership status, does not apply where the practice of entry of appearance has been abolished by the Civil Procedure Amendment Rules of 1998.
Civil Procedure — Order 30 — Distinction Between Partnerships and Sole Proprietorships — Application of Rules 5 and 10
Order 30 rule 5 requiring notice whether a person is served as a partner applies only to partnerships sued in their firm names under rule 3. Order 30 rule 10 applies to persons carrying on business in names other than their own, including sole proprietorships, and does not require the notice mandated by rule 5.
Civil Procedure — Striking Out Parties — Employment Status as Defence on Merits
Where a party is sued under their own name trading as a business entity, the question of whether they were merely an employee rather than a principal is a factual matter to be determined through viva voce evidence at trial and not by interlocutory application to strike out.

Legislation cited (12)

Cases cited (1)

  • V.G. Keshwala T/A VG Keshwala & Sons v MM Sheik Dawood (Miscellaneous Application No. 543 of 2011)

Cases citing this judgment (1)

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Nankya T A offenders Rehabilitation International v Tinash Investiment (Miscellaneous Application No. 648 of 2011) [2012] UGCommC 181 (25 January 2012)
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