Otto v Okot & 2 Ors (Miscellaneous Civil Application No. 158 of 2014) [2019] UGHCCD 61 (12 February 2019)

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Case summary

The application was dismissed holding that there was no evidence on court file to indicate that third  party proceedings were  taken  out  in  this case  and  thatthe  named  third  party  was  ordered  to  file  a  defence,  which  they  did  not,  and Hence cannot be held to be in default in failing to do so. Neither was a return ofservice filed. Moreover, no decree had been entered against the defendant yet. That a  third  party  cannot  be  in  default  of  defence  unless  he  or  she  was  ordered  to file a defence and refused or  failed  to do so.

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