Electricity Disputes Tribunal - 2018 May

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Citation	Judgment date
May 2018
Baluku Suraimani (Suing through his lawful attorney)& Anor v Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited (Complaint Number EDT 48 of 2018) [2018] UGEDT 5 (23 May 2018) A complaint instituted through an attorney without filing the power of attorney is incompetent and will be struck out. * Civil procedure – adjournment – insufficiency of a letter seeking adjournment absent case details and notice. * Civil procedure – locus standi – requirement to produce power of attorney where suit is instituted through an attorney (Order 7 Rule 14 CPR). * Competence of pleading – failure to attach required document renders complaint incompetent and liable to be struck out.	23 May 2018

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May 2018

Baluku Suraimani (Suing through his lawful attorney)& Anor v Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited (Complaint Number EDT 48 of 2018) [2018] UGEDT 5 (23 May 2018)

A complaint instituted through an attorney without filing the power of attorney is incompetent and will be struck out.

* Civil procedure – adjournment – insufficiency of a letter seeking adjournment absent case details and notice. * Civil procedure – locus standi – requirement to produce power of attorney where suit is instituted through an attorney (Order 7 Rule 14 CPR). * Competence of pleading – failure to attach required document renders complaint incompetent and liable to be struck out.

23 May 2018