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Twaha Lwakaana v Equity Bank Uganda Limited [2026] UGCOMMC 235

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Jurisdiction
Uganda
Case Type
Application for review and stay of court orders granting conditional leave to defend arising from summary suit for debt recovery
Decision
Application for review dismissed; applicant remains subject to the conditional leave orders in M.A. 1399 of 2024

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Holding

An application for review dismissed where the applicant challenged a security deposit order as excessive. The complaint did not fall within the statutory grounds for review under section 82 of the Civil Procedure Act and Order 46 rule 1 CPR: it was neither discovery of new evidence, nor an error apparent on the face of the record, nor sufficient cause analogous to those grounds. The court became functus officio after delivering its ruling and could not revisit the matter.

Outcome

Application for review dismissed; applicant remains subject to the conditional leave orders in M.A. 1399 of 2024

Facts

The respondent bank filed a summary suit seeking UGX 541,087,433 for breach of a loan facility agreement. The applicant sought unconditional leave to defend. The court granted conditional leave requiring the applicant to deposit UGX 150,000,000 as security within 30 days. The applicant then applied for review of that order, contending that the security amount was excessive, harsh, and impossible to pay within the stipulated time, even though the court had found a triable issue.

Issues

  1. Whether this is a proper case for review of the court's orders granting conditional leave to defend in M.A. 1399 of 2024.

Orders

  • Application dismissed.
  • Costs to the respondent.

Rules and key headnotes

Civil Procedure — Review — Grounds for Review — Statutory Limits
An application for review under section 82 of the Civil Procedure Act and Order 46 rule 1 of the Civil Procedure Rules must be founded on discovery of new and important evidence not previously available despite due diligence, an error apparent on the face of the record, or other sufficient cause analogous to those grounds; a complaint that an order is harsh or excessive does not constitute a ground for review.
Civil Procedure — Review — Error Apparent on Face of Record — Definition
For review to succeed on the basis of an error on the face of the record, the error must be so manifest and clear that no court would permit it to remain; a wrong application of the law or failure to apply the appropriate law is not an error on the face of the record.
Civil Procedure — Review — Sufficient Cause — Interpretation
The expression 'sufficient cause' in Order 46 rule 1 CPR should be read as meaning a reason sufficiently analogous to the discovery of new and important evidence previously overlooked by excusable misfortune or some mistake or error apparent on the face of the record.
Civil Procedure — Functus Officio — Effect on Power to Review
Once a court has made its ruling and passed orders, it becomes functus officio and cannot revisit the same ruling or purport to exercise judicial power over the same matter absent a valid ground for review.

Legislation cited (9)

Cases cited (2)

  • F.X. Mubuuke v Uganda Electricity Board (High Court Miscellaneous Application No. 98 of 2005)
  • Re Nakivubo Chemists (U) Ltd [1979] HCB 12

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Twaha Lwakaana v Equity Bank Uganda Limited 2026 UGCommC 235 (8 April 2026)
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