Electricity Disputes Tribunal - 2020

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3 judgments

Citation	Judgment date
September 2020
Yunida Traders v UMEME Limited (EDT COMPLAINT 8 of 2013) [2020] UGEDT 2 (8 September 2020) Failure to file a change-of-advocates notice is not fatal where counsel’s attendance establishes implied authority; bill of costs to be taxed. Advocates’ locus to act — Notice of Change/Instructions — Effect of notices to Uganda Law Society vs. Tribunal record; implied authority by attendance; taxation of bill of costs; avoidance of technical defeats to substantive rights.	8 September 2020
August 2020
Edward Banda(Suing as the Administrator of the estate of the Late.Eldad Banda) v Attorney General (MISCELLENOUS APPLICANT EDT 2 of 2020) [2020] UGEDT 1 (6 August 2020) A temporary injunction was granted to restrain alleged state agency trespass and preserve property pending trial. Property rights – trespass and alleged unlawful interference by state agency – temporary injunction – prima facie case, irreparable harm and balance of convenience (American Cyanamid principles) – constitutional protection against compulsory deprivation without prior compensation (Article 26).	6 August 2020
July 2020
Michael Mugambe Kibirango v UMEME Limited (MISCELLENOUS APPLICANT EDT 1 of 2020) [2020] UGEDT 3 (22 July 2020) Applicant seeking interim reconnection failed to prove an ERA complaint existed at disconnection; application dismissed with costs. * Electricity law – interim reconnection orders – reconnection pending dispute resolution – discretionary and exceptional relief under the Electricity (Primary Grid Code) Regulation 15.6.1. * Evidence – burden on applicant to prove existence and timing of ERA complaint and to attach disconnection/filing documents. * Grid Code – disconnection for non-payment recognised as recovery mechanism; improper only where complaint was pending and proved.	22 July 2020