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Patrick Nyakaana & anoer v Associates In Rural Development Inc. Peter Riley (HCT-00-CV-MC-0028-2010)

High Court · [2010] UGHC 203 · 2010 Application Dismissed AI-generated summary ↓ Download Pin to watchlist Add to matter
Jurisdiction
Uganda
Case Type
Application for payment out of court of funds deposited as security for stay of execution pending appeal
Decision
Application struck out; applicants directed to pursue reliefs in earlier pending application

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Holding

Application struck out for abuse of process. Where applicants had filed an earlier application (HCMA 624/2009) seeking the same reliefs including payment out of deposited funds, and that application was only partly determined by another judge who struck out the notice of appeal, the filing of a second application before a different judge on identical terms constitutes an abuse of process. Section 20(2) of the Judicature Act requires subsequent proceedings to be taken before the same judge where practicable.

Outcome

Application struck out; applicants directed to pursue reliefs in earlier pending application

Facts

Applicants sought payment of USD 78,655.88 deposited in court by respondents as security for stay of execution of a Labour Officer's award pending determination of Civil Appeal No. 61 of 2009. The appeal was dismissed on 3 February 2010. The applicants filed the instant application on 11 March 2010 seeking payment out of the deposited funds. The court discovered that the applicants had previously filed Miscellaneous Application No. 624 of 2009 arising from the same appeal, which came before Justice Musoke Kibuuka on 3 February 2010. Justice Kibuuka struck out the notice of appeal but promised a detailed ruling. That earlier application had sought three reliefs: striking out the notice of appeal, payment of the deposited award, and costs. Only the first relief was disposed of. The respondents changed advocates on 9 April 2010, but the new advocates were not served with notice of the hearing on 12 April 2010.

Issues

  1. Whether the application should be struck out as an abuse of process where similar reliefs were sought in an earlier undetermined application before another judge.
  2. Whether funds deposited in court as security for stay of execution should be paid out to successful parties after dismissal of the appeal.

Orders

  • Application struck out on account of being an abuse of the process of court.
  • Applicants at liberty to pursue reliefs sought in HCMA No. 624 of 2009.
  • Applicants to bear their own costs.

Rules and key headnotes

Civil Procedure — Abuse of Process — Duplicate Applications Before Different Judges
Where a party has filed an application seeking certain reliefs and that application has been partly determined by one judge, the filing of a second application before a different judge seeking the same reliefs that remain undetermined in the first application constitutes an abuse of the process of court.
Civil Procedure — Subsequent Proceedings — Assignment to Original Trial Judge
Section 20(2) of the Judicature Act requires that proceedings in any action subsequent to the final judgment or order shall, so far as is practicable and convenient, be taken before the judge before whom the trial or hearing took place.
Civil Procedure — Consequential Orders — Matters Incidental to Main Relief
Where a judge has granted one relief in an application and promised to deliver a detailed ruling, other reliefs sought in that application which are matters incidental to or consequent upon the granted relief can be raised before the same judge for determination as part of the detailed ruling or as consequential orders.

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Patrick Nyakaana & anoer v Associates In Rural Development Inc. Peter Riley (HCT-00-CV-MC-0028-2010) [2010] UGHC 203 (16 April 2010)
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