High Court: Execution and Bailiffs Division (Uganda)

Please note: this court does no longer exist, and is preserved here for historical reasons.

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July 2017
Court ordered maintenance of status quo and stayed execution pending resolution of applicant’s Land Division suit.
Stay of execution – discretionary remedy to preserve status quo – factors: pending suit, irreparable harm, delay, security, balance of convenience – locus standi of non-party claiming equitable title – contempt and merits to be determined in pending civil suit.
31 July 2017
Stay of execution of taxed costs granted pending appeal, conditional on deposit of the taxed sum as security.
Civil procedure – Stay of execution – Taxed bill of costs – Appeal pending does not automatically stay execution – Court may grant conditional stay on security to prevent appeal being rendered nugatory – Balance of convenience and preservation of status quo.
27 July 2017
Court refused to compel Administrator General, allowed family to seek administration, and enjoined alienation pending administration and execution.
Administration of estates – Administrator General’s discretion; Letters of Administration – family appointment and certificate of no objection; interim injunction – restraint on alienation pending grant of administration and execution proceedings; eviction requires specific court order; preservation of status quo by injunction.
17 July 2017