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Victoria Katamba Kitaka v Guaranty Trust Bank (U) Limited and Another (Misc. Application No.957 of 2022)

High Court · [2022] UGCOMMC 196 · 2022 Application Granted AI-generated summary ↓ Download Pin to watchlist Add to matter
Jurisdiction
Uganda
Case Type
Ex-parte application for certificate of urgency arising from miscellaneous applications for injunctive relief
Decision
Certificate of urgency granted to hear related injunctive relief applications during court vacation

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Holding

Held that where a mortgaged property comprising matrimonial land had been advertised for sale with an imminent sale date during court vacation and the applicant spouse demonstrated a legal interest protected by law and direct threat to possession, the application for a certificate of urgency was merited to enable hearing of pending injunctive relief applications during vacation.

Outcome

Certificate of urgency granted to hear related injunctive relief applications during court vacation

Facts

The applicant Victoria Katamba Kitaka is the lawful spouse of the 2nd respondent Dr. Francis Kitaka. The 2nd respondent and MTK Uganda Limited obtained a loan facility of UGX 828,327,466 from the 1st respondent Guaranty Trust Bank (U) Limited, secured by legal mortgage over land comprised in Private Mailo Block 244 Plot 8199 situate in Muyenga. The applicant resides on this property with her family. The 1st respondent advertised the mortgaged property for sale in the Daily Monitor Newspaper of 30 June 2022 on grounds that the 2nd respondent was indebted to it, with the sale deadline expiring on 30 July 2022. The applicant filed Civil Suit No. 603 of 2022 challenging the mortgage transactions and two miscellaneous applications for interim and temporary injunctions. She then sought a certificate of urgency to have those applications heard during court vacation.

Issues

  1. Whether a certificate of urgency should be issued for the hearing of Miscellaneous Application No. 956 of 2022 during court vacation.

Orders

  • Certificate of urgency granted for the hearing of Miscellaneous Application No. 956 of 2022 and Miscellaneous Application No. 955 of 2022 during court vacation.
  • No order as to costs.

Rules and key headnotes

Certificate of Urgency — Requirements — Judicature (Court Vacation) Rules
An applicant for a certificate of urgency must explicitly set out the circumstances rendering the matter urgent and demonstrate why substantial relief cannot be afforded in a hearing after vacation, thereby justifying dispensing with restrictions on civil proceedings during High Court vacation.
Certificate of Urgency — Test for Urgency — Imminent Danger and Irreparable Harm
Urgency does not relate only to threats to life and liberty but may include urgency of commercial interests, and to be treated as urgent an applicant must establish imminent danger to existing rights and possibility of irreparable harm.
Matrimonial Property — Spouse's Legal Interest — Protection
Where mortgaged property is matrimonial or family property, a lawful spouse has a legal interest in that property protected by law, even where the mortgage was executed by the other spouse alone.

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Victoria Katamba Kitaka v Guaranty Trust Bank (U) Limited and Another (Misc. Application No.957 of 2022) [2022] UGCommC 196 (21 July 2022)
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