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Nyende v The Registered Trustees of Kampala Archdiocese (Misc Application No. 0339 of 2016)

High Court · [2017] UGHCLD 363 · 2017 Application Dismissed AI-generated summary ↓ Download Pin to watchlist Add to matter
Jurisdiction
Uganda
Case Type
Application to set aside decree and certificate of taxation, reinstate dismissed application, and stay execution — arising from Civil Suit No. 202 of 2014
Decision
Application dismissed with direction to pursue matter through Execution Division

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Holding

Court upheld preliminary objection and dismissed application under Section 6 of the Civil Procedure Act. Where applicant filed parallel applications in Execution Division in February 2016 seeking to stay and set aside execution, and subsequently filed the present application in Land Division seeking identical relief arising from the same civil suit, the court is barred from proceeding with the later application as the matter is directly and substantially in issue in previously instituted proceedings between the same parties.

Outcome

Application dismissed with direction to pursue matter through Execution Division

Facts

Applicant Nyende David Martin filed Misc. Application No. 339 of 2016 arising from Civil Suit No. 202 of 2014, seeking to set aside a decree dated 22 June 2015 and certificate of taxation dated 27 August 2015, reinstate dismissed application No. 531 of 2014, and stay execution proceedings. Prior to this application, the applicant had filed Misc. Application No. 241 of 2016 on 15 December 2015 and Misc. Application No. 242 of 2016 on 12 February 2016, both in the Execution Division, arising from the same Civil Suit No. 202 of 2014. All three applications sought to stay and set aside execution. Respondent raised preliminary objection that the current application contravenes Section 6 of the Civil Procedure Act as it seeks the same relief as the earlier pending applications in the Execution Division.

Issues

  1. Whether the application contravenes Section 6 of the Civil Procedure Act by virtue of parallel applications pending in the Execution Division seeking the same relief.
  2. Whether the court is barred from proceeding with the application when the same matter is directly and substantially in issue in previously instituted proceedings between the same parties.

Orders

  • Preliminary objection upheld.
  • Application dismissed as barred by Section 6 of the Civil Procedure Act.
  • Applicant directed to pursue the matter through Execution Division under Misc. Application No. 241 and 242 of 2016.
  • Costs of this application awarded to the Respondent.

Rules and key headnotes

Civil Procedure — Section 6 of the Civil Procedure Act — Lis Pendens — Parallel Proceedings Seeking Same Relief
No court shall proceed with the trial of any suit or proceedings where the matter in issue is also directly and substantially in issue in a previously instituted suit or proceedings between the same parties pending in the same or any other court having jurisdiction in Uganda to grant the relief claimed.
Civil Procedure — Abuse of Court Process — Multiple Applications for Same Relief
Where an applicant files multiple applications in different divisions of the High Court seeking identical relief arising from the same underlying civil suit, and the earlier applications remain pending, the subsequent application constitutes an abuse of court process and is barred by Section 6 of the Civil Procedure Act.

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Nyende v The Registered Trustees of Kampala Archdiocese (Misc Application No. 0339 of 2016) [2017] UGHCLD 363 (1 November 2017)
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