Uganda Association of South Sudan Ltd and Others v Attorney General of Uganda and Others

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Holding

The East African Court of Justice declined to grant the First Applicant a further extension of time to file documents proving its legal status as a body corporate. The Court found insufficient grounds furnished by the First Applicant to warrant the extension, particularly given that leave on the same matter had been previously granted on 11 June 2014. The First Applicant was struck out from the proceedings.

Outcome

First Applicant struck out from proceedings for failure to furnish sufficient grounds for extension of time to file incorporation documents

Facts

On 4 September 2014, the First Respondent lodged the First Applicant's Certificate of Incorporation and Memorandum and Articles of Association. At a scheduling conference, the First and Third Respondents raised preliminary objections under Rule 24(4) of the Court's Rules of Procedure, contending that the First Applicant, as a body corporate, was improperly before the Court. The First Applicant conceded the documents were improperly on record, withdrew them, and sought leave under Rule 4 to extend time to properly file them. This was the second such application, as the Court had previously granted leave on the same matter on 11 June 2014.

Issues

1. Whether the Court should grant the First Applicant leave to extend time to file its Certificate of Incorporation and Memorandum and Articles of Association.

Orders

• Leave to extend time declined.
• First Applicant struck out from the proceedings.

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