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Vas Sales Agencies Limited v Finsbury Investment Limited and Others (S.C.Z. Judgment No. 2 of 1999) [2000] ZMSC 5 (11 February 2000)

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$>PDF format</A> <P ALIGN=left><A HREF=5.rtf><img src=../../../../images/word_logo.gif border=0>RTF format</A></P> <td></td> </td> <td> <p align=left><b>Bookmark/share this page</b></p> <p> <a class='addthis_button' href='http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&pub=xa4b2763ec4eb292a8'><img src=../../../../../s7.addthis.com/static/btn/v2/lg-share-en.gif width=125 height=16 alt=Bookmark and Share style=border:0/></a></p> <script type=text/javascript src=../../../../../s7.addthis.com/js/250/addthis_widget.js#pub=xa-4b2763ec4eb292a8></script><script type=text/javascript>var addthis_config = { services_compact: 'print, facebook, twitter, live, delicious, myspace, google, digg, stumpleupon, more',services_exclude: 'email'} </script></table> </tr> </td> </div> <p> <HR> </p> <p> <P ALIGN=LEFT><FONT COLOR=#0000ff><SUP><FONT FACE=Verdana><FONT SIZE=2>VAS SALES AGENCIES LIMITED AND FINSBURY INVESTMENT LIMITED, NORMAN BLOE MBAZIMA (Sued as Caveator) AND REGISTRAR OF LANDS</FONT></FONT></SUP></FONT></P> <P ALIGN=LEFT><BR> <TABLE WIDTH=676 BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=1 CELLSPACING=0> <COL WIDTH=641> <COL WIDTH=31> <TR VALIGN=TOP> <TD WIDTH=641> <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY><FONT COLOR=#000000><FONT FACE=Verdana><FONT SIZE=2>SUPREME COURT</FONT></FONT></FONT><P ALIGN=JUSTIFY> <FONT COLOR=#000000><FONT FACE=Verdana><FONT SIZE=2>MUZYAMBA, LEWANIKA AND CHIBESAKUNDA, JJ.S.</FONT></FONT></FONT><P ALIGN=JUSTIFY> <FONT COLOR=#000000><FONT FACE=Verdana><FONT SIZE=2>11TH FEBRUARY, 1999.</FONT></FONT></FONT><P ALIGN=JUSTIFY> <FONT COLOR=#000000><FONT FACE=Verdana><FONT SIZE=2>(S.C.Z. JUDGMENT NO. 2 OF 1999)</FONT></FONT></FONT></TD> <TD WIDTH=31> <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY><FONT COLOR=#000000> </FONT> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY><BR> <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY><FONT COLOR=#008000><FONT FACE=Verdana><FONT SIZE=2><B>Flynote</B></FONT></FONT></FONT> <TABLE WIDTH=676 BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=1 CELLSPACING=0> <COL WIDTH=641> <COL WIDTH=31> <TR VALIGN=TOP> <TD WIDTH=641> <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY><FONT COLOR=#000000><FONT FACE=Verdana><FONT SIZE=2>Civil law - Injunction - refusal to grant Civil procedure - Injunction - refusal to be followed by inter parte summons and leaving of both parties</FONT></FONT></FONT></TD> <TD WIDTH=31> <P ALIGN=LEFT><BR> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY><BR> <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY><FONT COLOR=#ff00ff><FONT FACE=Verdana><FONT SIZE=2><B>Headnote</B></FONT></FONT></FONT> <TABLE WIDTH=676 BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=1 CELLSPACING=0> <COL WIDTH=641> <COL WIDTH=31> <TR VALIGN=TOP> <TD WIDTH=641> <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY><FONT COLOR=#000000><FONT FACE=Verdana><FONT SIZE=2>The appellant appealed against the refusal by the High Court to grant on <I>ex parte</I> order of injunction to restrain the 1st respondent from selling Stand No. 5969 to the 2nd respondent or his nominee.<BR><BR><B>Held:<BR></B>There was a procedural error on the part of the learned Judge who heard the application. If the court refused the application, the proper procedure was to hear both sides. The appeal was to be allowed. The order made below was to be set aside, and the matter remitted back to the High Court for an interparte hearing before another Judge.<BR></FONT></FONT></FONT><BR> <DL> <DL> <DL> <DL> <DD><P ALIGN=JUSTIFY><FONT COLOR=#000000><FONT FACE=Verdana><FONT SIZE=2>For the Appellant: C.D. Mabutwe, Mabutwe and Associates.</FONT></FONT></FONT></DL> </DL> </DL> </DL> <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY> <FONT COLOR=#000000><FONT FACE=Verdana><FONT SIZE=2>For the Respondents: N/A</FONT></FONT></FONT></TD> <TD WIDTH=31> <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY><BR> <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY><BR> <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY><BR> <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY><BR> <P ALIGN=LEFT><BR> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY><FONT COLOR=#000000><FONT FACE=Verdana><FONT SIZE=2>__________________________________________</FONT></FONT></FONT><P ALIGN=JUSTIFY> <FONT COLOR=#0000ff><FONT FACE=Verdana><FONT SIZE=2><B>Judgment</B></FONT></FONT></FONT> <TABLE WIDTH=676 BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=1 CELLSPACING=0> <COL WIDTH=641> <COL WIDTH=31> <TR VALIGN=TOP> <TD WIDTH=641> <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY><FONT SIZE=3><FONT COLOR=#000000><FONT FACE=Verdana><FONT SIZE=2><B>MUZYAMBA, J.S.:</B></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT COLOR=#000000><FONT FACE=Verdana><FONT SIZE=2> delivered the judgment of the court.</FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT><P ALIGN=JUSTIFY> <BR> <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY><FONT SIZE=3><FONT COLOR=#000000><FONT FACE=Verdana><FONT SIZE=2>This is an appeal against a refusal by the High Court to grant an </FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT COLOR=#000000><FONT FACE=Verdana><FONT SIZE=2><I>ex parte</I></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT COLOR=#000000><FONT FACE=Verdana><FONT SIZE=2> order of injunction to restrain the 1</FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT COLOR=#000000><SUP><FONT FACE=Verdana><FONT SIZE=2>st</FONT></FONT></SUP></FONT><FONT COLOR=#000000><FONT FACE=Verdana><FONT SIZE=2> respondent from selling Stand No. 5969 to the 2</FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT COLOR=#000000><SUP><FONT FACE=Verdana><FONT SIZE=2>nd</FONT></FONT></SUP></FONT><FONT COLOR=#000000><FONT FACE=Verdana><FONT SIZE=2> respondent or his nominee.</FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT><P ALIGN=JUSTIFY> <BR> <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY><FONT SIZE=3><FONT COLOR=#000000><FONT FACE=Verdana><FONT SIZE=2>The brief facts of this case are that the first and second respondents entered into a contract for the sale of Stand No. 5969 by the first respondent to the appellant. The agreed purchase price, payable on signing the contract was K240,000,000.00. The price was not paid as agreed and on 9</FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT COLOR=#000000><SUP><FONT FACE=Verdana><FONT SIZE=2>th</FONT></FONT></SUP></FONT><FONT COLOR=#000000><FONT FACE=Verdana><FONT SIZE=2> November, 1998, the first respondent gave the appellant notice to complete the sale in seven (7) days failure which the contract would be cancelled. It would appear from the certificate of search at the Lands and Deed Registry that before the 7 days notice expired the first respondent signed another contract of sale with the second respondent and on 12</FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT COLOR=#000000><SUP><FONT FACE=Verdana><FONT SIZE=2>th</FONT></FONT></SUP></FONT><FONT COLOR=#000000><FONT FACE=Verdana><FONT SIZE=2> November, 1998, the second respondent filed a caveat on the property. The Appellant then brought an action against the respondents for, i</FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT COLOR=#000000><FONT FACE=Verdana><FONT SIZE=2><I>nter alia,</I></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT COLOR=#000000><FONT FACE=Verdana><FONT SIZE=2> specific performance of the contract and later applied </FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT COLOR=#000000><FONT FACE=Verdana><FONT SIZE=2><I>ex parte</I></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT COLOR=#000000><FONT FACE=Verdana><FONT SIZE=2> for an order of injunction which was refused and hence this appeal.</FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT><P ALIGN=JUSTIFY> <BR> <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY><FONT SIZE=3><FONT COLOR=#000000><FONT FACE=Verdana><FONT SIZE=2>We wish to observe here that the application before the learned Judge was not heard on the merits and ordinarily no appeal lies against a decision not on the merits. In this case there was a procedural mistake on the part of the learned Judge who heard the application and it is for this reason that we entertained the appeal. We have said before and we wish to reiterate here that in any </FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT COLOR=#000000><FONT FACE=Verdana><FONT SIZE=2><I>ex parte </I></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT COLOR=#000000><FONT FACE=Verdana><FONT SIZE=2>application, if the court is inclined to refuse the application then the proper procedure to adopt is to order that the application do stand as </FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT COLOR=#000000><FONT FACE=Verdana><FONT SIZE=2><I>inter parte</I></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT COLOR=#000000><FONT FACE=Verdana><FONT SIZE=2> summons and here both sides instead of hearing the applicant only and then embark on a lengthy ruling which is not on the merits to justify the refusal. For this reason we allow the appeal, set aside the order made below and remit the matter back to the High Court for an inter parte hearing before another Judge.</FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT><P ALIGN=JUSTIFY> <BR> <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY><FONT COLOR=#000000><FONT FACE=Verdana><FONT SIZE=2>The appellant to bear its own costs.</FONT></FONT></FONT></TD> <TD WIDTH=31> <P ALIGN=LEFT><FONT COLOR=#000000> </FONT> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY><FONT COLOR=#000000><FONT FACE=Verdana><FONT SIZE=2>__________________________________________</FONT></FONT></FONT> </p> </p> <hr> </DIV></DIV> </BODY> </p> <p> </HTML></p> </body></html>$

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