Ntege v Tomusange Lasito and Others [2025] UGHC 245

Observed later treatment

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Holding

Application for review dismissed. The inventory dated 19 June 2024 was created after the judgment and could not have been the document the applicant possessed at trial. The inventory dated 3 March 2013 did not include the suit land. The application was also an abuse of process as the applicant had already filed a notice of appeal against the same judgment.

Outcome

Application for review dismissed; pending appeal remains unaffected

Facts

The applicant, Nuhu Ntege, acting as administrator of two estates, had his civil suit dismissed on 17 October 2023 because he failed to produce an inventory of the deceased's estate properties. During a National Court Open Day in April 2024, the applicant complained that he did have an inventory but was unaware it was required. The Court advised him to apply for review to admit the inventory. The applicant relied on two inventories: one dated 3 March 2013 (certified 3 November 2023) and another dated 19 June 2024. The respondents opposed the application, noting that the 3 March 2013 inventory did not include the suit land and that the applicant had already filed a notice of appeal on 20 October 2023.

Issues

1. Whether the Court should review its judgment to admit an inventory that was allegedly in the applicant's possession at the time of the original hearing.
2. Whether the application for review constitutes an abuse of court process given the pending appeal.

Orders

• Application dismissed.
• Each party to bear its own costs.

Rules and key headnotes

The original judgment as reported. Read the original PDF before relying on any passage.