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S v Niyontore (civil appeal 13 2001)

Court of Appeal · [2001] UGCA 57 · 2001 Ruling Reserved AI-generated summary ↓ Download Pin to watchlist Add to matter
Jurisdiction
Uganda
Case Type
Civil appeal from a High Court ruling granting a temporary injunction, heard on a preliminary objection that the appeal had been overtaken by events.
Decision
Ruling on the preliminary objection reserved on notice; no final disposition recorded in this document.

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Holding

The respondent, a dismissed employee occupying the appellant's property, obtained a temporary injunction (Misc. Cause No. 1074/99) restraining his eviction pending disposal of the substantive Misc. Cause No. 928/99. The appellant appealed against the injunction. The respondent raised a preliminary objection that the temporary injunction had ended when the main cause was disposed of on 9 December 2002, so no injunction remained against which the appeal could lie and the appeal was nugatory. The appellant argued the ruling set bad legal precedent worth correcting. The Court reserved its ruling on the preliminary objection on notice.

Outcome

Ruling on the preliminary objection reserved on notice; no final disposition recorded in this document.

Facts

The respondent was a former staff member of the appellant, dismissed from employment on 6 May 1999. During his service he had been allocated the appellant's property at Plot 8 Windsor Crescent, Kololo. On dismissal he was given 60 days to give up vacant possession, and on 16 August 1999 a further seven days to vacate. Before that period elapsed he filed Misc. Cause No. 1074/99 seeking a temporary injunction to restrain the appellant from evicting him pending disposal of the main suit, Misc. Cause No. 928/99, in which he complained of violation of his rights by the employer. On 24 August 2000 the High Court (Magezi J) granted a temporary injunction restraining the appellant pending disposal of Misc. Cause No. 928/99. The appellant, aggrieved, appealed. The substantive Misc. Cause No. 928/99 was disposed of on 9 December 2002, and the respondent contended that the temporary injunction thereby ended.

Issues

  1. Whether the appeal against the temporary injunction had been rendered nugatory by the disposal of the substantive cause (Misc. Cause No. 928/99).
  2. Whether the appeal should be struck out as having been overtaken by events.

Orders

  • Ruling on the preliminary objection reserved on notice.

Rules and key headnotes

Civil Procedure — Temporary Injunctions — Effect of Disposal of Main Suit on Appeal
A temporary injunction granted to last until the disposal of the main suit lapses upon that disposal, and an appeal directed solely at such an injunction may be rendered nugatory once the main cause has been finally concluded.

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S v Niyontore (civil appeal 13 2001) [2001] UGCA 57 (13 March 2001)
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