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High Court: Execution and Bailiffs Division (Uganda)

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December 2016
Combined Properties Ltd v Secretary to Treasury & Anor (Miscellaneous Application No. 1028 of 2016) [2016] UGHCEBD 30 (6 December 2016)
Mandamus denied where procedural irregularities and doubtful service undermined an asserted undisputable right to payment.
Judicature — mandamus — requirement of clear legal right and corresponding duty; procedural regularity and valid service of certificates of order; mandamus will not enforce doubtful or unsupported claims; reliefs must derive from judgment sought to be enforced.
 6 December 2016
Vambeco Enterprises v Attorney General & Anor (Miscellaneous Application No. 1224 of 2016) [2016] UGHCEBD 32 (6 December 2016)
Court issued mandamus compelling respondents to pay applicant’s decretal sum with accrued interest and costs.
* Administrative law – mandamus against government – requirements: clear legal right, corresponding duty, omission and lack of adequate alternative remedy. * Government liabilities – payment of decrees against the State via Attorney General/Treasury; verification and Treasury allocations do not negate the statutory duty to pay. * Interest and costs – court ordered accrued interest and taxed costs; continued non‑payment may amount to contempt.
 6 December 2016