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Zirode Consulting Co. (U) Ltd v Barclays Bank (U) Ltd (H.C.Miscellaneous Application No. 565 of 2020)

High Court · [2021] UGCOMMC 71 · 2021 Application Granted AI-generated summary ↓ Download Pin to watchlist Add to matter
Jurisdiction
Uganda
Case Type
Application for leave to appear and defend a summary suit arising from alleged loan default
Decision
Applicant granted leave to appear and defend the summary suit

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Holding

Held that the applicant disclosed bonafide triable issues of fact and law warranting leave to appear and defend the summary suit. The existence of a pending suit in the High Court at Mukono concerning the same mortgaged property and involving both parties constituted a triable issue. Prudence required that the first suit be determined before proceeding with the summary suit. Application granted with costs in the cause.

Outcome

Applicant granted leave to appear and defend the summary suit

Facts

The respondent bank filed a summary suit (Civil Suit No. 901 of 2019) against the applicant company for recovery of loan facilities totalling UGX 400,000,000 and UGX 98,000,000, plus an outstanding amount of UGX 547,584,908. The loans were secured by a mortgage over land. The applicant had made partial payments which were halted. The applicant sought leave to appear and defend, arguing that the same loan transaction and mortgaged property were the subject of a prior pending suit in the High Court of Mukono (Civil Suit No. 224 of 2017) in which both parties were defendants. The applicant contended that the summary suit was brought in bad faith because the respondent failed to disclose the unresolved court dispute over the mortgaged property.

Issues

  1. Whether the application raises triable issues for which the applicant should be granted leave to appear and defend Civil Suit No. 901 of 2019.

Orders

  • Leave granted to the applicant to appear and defend Civil Suit No. 901 of 2019.
  • Costs of the application to be in the cause.

Rules and key headnotes

Civil Procedure — Summary Procedure — Leave to Appear and Defend — Test for Granting Leave
For leave to appear and defend a summary suit to be granted, the applicant must show by affidavit or otherwise that there is a bonafide triable issue of fact or law, and need not establish a good defence on the merits but must satisfy the court that there is an issue or question in dispute which ought to be tried.
Civil Procedure — Summary Procedure — Leave to Appear and Defend — Pending Prior Suit
Where there is a pending suit in another court concerning the same subject matter (in this case, the validity of a mortgage over the same property) and involving the same parties, prudence requires that the first suit be determined before proceeding with a subsequent summary suit for recovery under the same mortgage.

Legislation cited (5)

Cases cited (3)

  • Maluku Inter Global Trade Agencies Ltd v Bank of Uganda [1985] HCB 65
  • Begumisa George v East African Development Bank (M.A. No. 451 of 2010)
  • Zola & Anor v Ralli Brothers Ltd & Anor [1969] EA 691

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Zirode Consulting Co. (U) Ltd v Barclays Bank (U) Ltd (H.C.Miscellaneous Application No. 565 of 2020) [2021] UGCommC 71 (19 March 2021)
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