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NonPerforming Assets Recovery Trust v Kapeeka Coffee Works Limited and 2 Others [2000] UGPPDPAAT 1

Tribunal · 2000 Preliminary Objection Dismissed AI-generated summary ↓ Download Pin to watchlist Add to matter
Jurisdiction
Uganda
Case Type
Preliminary objection on a point of law raised by defendants in a debt recovery suit
Decision
Matter to proceed to full hearing on merit

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Holding

The Tribunal overruled preliminary objections challenging the plaintiff's capacity to sue and the disclosure of a cause of action. The Tribunal held that the defendants had not proved that Kapeeka Coffee Hullery was the proper debtor entity distinct from the 1st defendant company. The Tribunal found that the Amended Plaint disclosed a cause of action for joint and several liability and ordered the case to proceed to hearing on merit.

Outcome

Matter to proceed to full hearing on merit

Facts

The plaintiff sued the defendants for recovery of a loan balance of UGX 839,030,585 allegedly advanced to the 1st defendant and guaranteed by the 3rd defendant. The 1st defendant is a limited company. The defendants raised a preliminary objection arguing that the loan was advanced to Kapeeka Coffee Hullery, not to Kapeeka Coffee Works Limited, and that the Deed of Assignment dated 7 December 1995 identified Kapeeka Coffee Hullery as the debtor. The defendants contended that the wrong entity had been sued and that the Amended Plaint disclosed no reasonable cause of action, particularly against the 3rd defendant. The plaintiff responded that Kapeeka Coffee Hullery was a project name owned and operated by the 1st defendant, and that the 2nd and 3rd defendants were directors who benefited from the facilities.

Issues

  1. Whether the Amended Plaint discloses a reasonable cause of action against the defendants.
  2. Whether the plaintiff has the legal capacity to sue the defendants in the absence of a valid deed of assignment.
  3. Whether the correct debtor entity has been sued.

Orders

  • Preliminary objections overruled.
  • Hearing of the case to proceed on merit.
  • Costs in the cause.

Rules and key headnotes

Civil Procedure — Preliminary Objections — Disclosure of Cause of Action — Burden of Proof
A party raising a preliminary objection that the plaint discloses no cause of action bears the burden of proving that the entity named in the plaint is not the proper party to be sued.
Banking & Finance — Non-Performing Assets — Capacity to Sue — Deed of Assignment
Under the Non-Performing Assets Recovery Trust Statute 1994, the plaintiff's capacity to sue depends on a valid assignment of liabilities, but the absence of proof that a different entity is the debtor does not defeat the plaintiff's claim where the defendants have not discharged their burden of showing the named defendant is not liable.

Legislation cited (3)

  • Non-Performing Assets Recovery Trust Statute 1994 s.4
  • Non-Performing Assets Recovery Trust Statute 1994 s.13(2)
  • Non-Performing Assets Recovery Trust Regulations 1995

Cases cited (1)

  • Auto Garage and others Vs Motokor (No. 3) at page 514

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NonPerforming Assets Recovery Trust v Kapeeka Coffee Works Limited and 2 Others 2000 UGPPDPAAT 1 (28 March 2000)
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