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Semakula v Equity Bank & 2 ors (Misc. Application No. 341 2013)

High Court · [2013] UGHCCD 96 · 2013 Application Granted AI-generated summary ↓ Download Pin to watchlist Add to matter
Jurisdiction
Uganda
Case Type
Ex parte application for certificate of urgency to have related interim injunction application heard during court vacation
Decision
Certificate of urgency granted to allow related interim injunction application to be heard during court vacation

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Holding

Court granted certificate of urgency for an application seeking interim injunction to restrain bank from selling mortgaged school property during vacation. Court found impending sale of Kisubi High School constituted urgent matter justifying vacation hearing under rule 4 of Court Vacation Rules.

Outcome

Certificate of urgency granted to allow related interim injunction application to be heard during court vacation

Facts

The applicant, a minor shareholder in Kisubi High School Ltd., sought a certificate of urgency to have Misc. Application No. 343 of 2013 heard during court vacation. The first respondent, Equity Bank, had advertised the school property for sale through court bailiffs following a loan default. An advertisement dated 14 June 2013 and a letter dated 17 June 2013 from court bailiffs demanded vacant possession within 14 days, threatening forced eviction. The applicant alleged that the loan transaction was fraudulent, executed without valid company resolution, and that someone else signed loan agreements in the applicant's name. The related application No. 343 of 2013 sought an interim order restraining the bank from disposing of or evicting Kisubi High School.

Issues

  1. Whether Miscellaneous Application No. 343 of 2013 should be certified as a matter of urgency to be heard during court vacation.

Orders

  • Miscellaneous Application No. 343 of 2013 is certified as a matter of urgency.

Rules and key headnotes

Court Vacation — Urgent Matters — Certificate of Urgency
Under rule 4 of the Judicature (Court Vacation) Rules, the court may hear civil business during vacation only if the presiding judge considers it to be of urgent nature, and hearing of such matters must be preceded by a certificate of urgency.
Court Vacation — Urgent Matters — Test for Urgency
An impending sale of property by a mortgagee bank with threatened eviction constitutes an urgent matter justifying certification for hearing during court vacation where delay would result in irreversible prejudice to the applicant's property rights.

Legislation cited (6)

Cases cited (2)

  • Noor Muhammed v Jaffery Wanami (Civil Revision No. 002 of 2007)
  • Stewards of Gospel Talents Ltd v Nelson Onyango & 7 Others (HCCA No. 14 of 2008)

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Semakula v Equity Bank & 2 ors (Misc. Application No. 341_2013) [2013] UGHCCD 96 (18 July 2013)
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