Kiganda John & Anor v Yakobo M.N Senkungu & 5 Ors [2017] UGSC 71 (16 June 2017)

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Civil Procedure|Review of Judgment

Case summary

The court held that decisions and orders of the supreme court as the final court of the land should not be open to Constant and needless applications for their alteration. That there must be an end and finality to litigation. That the question as to whether the application for review should be treated as analogous to a notice of appeal must as a necessary condition be linked to deciding whether the application for review stands a reasonable likelihood of success. That as the applicant’s application for review stood a reasonable chance of success and should amount to a notice of appeal. That the essence of an order for interim stay of execution is that when a party pursues their right of appeal, the appeal shouldn’t be rendered nugatory should it be successful. The stay will preserve the status quo pending the disposal of the appeal.

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