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Pan African Commodities Ltd and Anor v Barclays Bank PLC (HCT-00-CC-MA 385 of 2007)

High Court · [2007] UGCOMMC 67 · 2007 Preliminary Objection Dismissed AI-generated summary ↓ Download Pin to watchlist Add to matter
Jurisdiction
Uganda
Case Type
Interlocutory application for temporary injunction arising from head suit challenging validity of loan facility agreement and debenture
Decision
Application to proceed to hearing on merits

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Holding

An application for a temporary injunction to restrain exercise of rights under a debenture is not misconceived under Order 41 Rule 1 of the Civil Procedure Rules where the head suit challenges the validity of the debenture and the injunction seeks to prevent alienation of property pending determination of that validity.

Outcome

Application to proceed to hearing on merits

Facts

The applicants, as plaintiffs in the head suit, sought declarations that a loan facility agreement and debenture executed with the respondent bank on 20 December 2006 were void. They filed an interlocutory application for a temporary injunction to restrain the respondent from taking possession, occupying, managing, selling or otherwise dealing with securities given under the contested agreements, including six post-dated cheques and biscuit manufacturing and packaging machinery. The respondent raised a preliminary objection that the application was misconceived under Order 41 Rule 1(a) because there was no property in dispute forming the subject matter of the suit, only declaratory orders sought regarding the validity of two agreements.

Issues

  1. Whether an application for a temporary injunction under Order 41 Rule 1(a) of the Civil Procedure Rules is misconceived where the head suit seeks declaratory orders regarding the validity of agreements rather than property in dispute.

Orders

  • Preliminary objection dismissed.

Rules and key headnotes

Civil Procedure — Temporary Injunctions — Applicability of Order 41 Rule 1 — Property in Dispute
A temporary injunction under Order 41 Rule 1 of the Civil Procedure Rules may properly be sought where the head suit challenges the validity of a debenture and the injunction seeks to prevent the exercise of rights under that debenture, including alienation of property, even where the primary relief sought is declaratory.

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Pan African Commodities Ltd and Anor v Barclays Bank PLC (HCT-00-CC-MA 385 of 2007) [2007] UGCommC 67 (17 July 2007)
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