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Sanyu v Post Bank Uganda Limited (Miscellaneous Application 150 of 2023)

Industrial Court · [2024] UGIC 17 · 2024 Application Dismissed AI-generated summary ↓ Download Pin to watchlist Add to matter
Jurisdiction
Uganda
Case Type
Application for temporary injunction arising from labour dispute reference
Decision
Application dismissed for offending the lis pendens rule

Observed later treatment

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Holding

The Industrial Court dismissed an application for a temporary injunction restraining the sale of mortgaged property on the ground that it offended the lis pendens rule. The applicant sought to restrain the respondent from selling property already subject to a subsisting temporary injunction granted by the Commercial Division of the High Court in earlier proceedings between the same parties concerning the same property. The Court held that the application was an attempt to superimpose one court order over another and constituted an abuse of process.

Outcome

Application dismissed for offending the lis pendens rule

Facts

The applicant, a former Business Growth Manager of the respondent bank, was summarily terminated for poor performance. He had a salary loan which was recalled after termination. A labour dispute reference was pending before the Industrial Court. The respondent advertised the applicant's mortgaged property for sale. The applicant had previously obtained a temporary injunction from the Commercial Division of the High Court restraining the respondent from dealing with the same property. The applicant then filed this application in the Industrial Court seeking a temporary injunction restraining the sale of the same property until final disposal of the labour dispute. The respondent opposed the application on grounds that it offended the lis pendens rule and that the applicant had not met the requirements for a temporary injunction.

Issues

  1. Whether the application offended the lis pendens rule under Section 6 of the Civil Procedure Act.
  2. Whether the applicant met the criteria for the grant of a temporary injunction.

Orders

  • Application dismissed.
  • Respondent awarded 50% of its taxed costs of the application.

Rules and key headnotes

Civil Procedure — Lis Pendens — Multiple Proceedings Concerning Same Subject Matter Between Same Parties
Where a temporary injunction has been granted by one court restraining a party from dealing with property, a subsequent application to another court by the same applicant seeking a temporary injunction restraining the same respondent from dealing with the same property offends the lis pendens rule under Section 6 of the Civil Procedure Act and constitutes an abuse of process.
Civil Procedure — Abuse of Process — Attempt to Superimpose Court Orders
An attempt by a litigant to obtain a court order restraining conduct already restrained by a subsisting order of another court of competent jurisdiction is an attempt to superimpose one court order over another and constitutes an abuse of the court process.
Civil Procedure — Costs — Partial Award Where Defence Not Strenuous
Where an application is dismissed on a preliminary point and the applicant or counsel were aware of circumstances that rendered the application defective, the respondent may be awarded partial costs where it has not been put to a very strenuous defence.

Legislation cited (3)

Cases cited (3)

  • Sanyu Dickson v Post Bank Uganda Ltd (LDMA 151 of 2023)
  • Sanyu Dickson v Post Bank (U) Ltd (Miscellaneous Application No. 1480 of 2022)
  • Springs International Hotel Ltd v Hotel Diplomate Ltd and Anor (HCCS 227 of 2011)

Cases citing this judgment (3)

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