Civil Remedies

Olula & 31 Ors v Attorney General (HCT-02-CV-MA-0068/2015) [2016] UGHCCD 50 (24 June 2016);

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This ruling is in respect of an application seeking orders that
this honourable be pleased to cause a review and set aside the
judgment and orders granted by His Lordship John Eudes
Keitirima, Judge of the High Court Gulu in Miscellaneous
Application No. 19/2014 dated 30/4/2014 and that costs of the
application be provided for.
Court considered whether this application was properly before
court.
Court ruled that The Application for review in otherwise
should be heard by the same judge who made the order unless
the ground for review is based on discovery of new evidence

and or important matter or clerical or mathematical error or
mistake.
Court ruled that it had no jurisdiction to re-evaluate the
judgment of another judge to see whether he ignored same
evidence or record or that he made a mistake or failed to
apply the law or follow a precedent.
Court ruled that the applicants should have appealed against
the dismissal order of their application if the felt that the trial
judge dismissed it on flimsy grounds and failed to evaluate
the evidence on record.
Court accordingly dismissed the application with costs

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