Interlocutory applications: the Do’s & Don’ts

INTERLOCUTORY APPLICATIONS: THE DO’S & DON’TS

Litigation Training, Uganda Law Society- Theme: Navigating Litigation Waters: Strategies and Pitfalls
13th- 14th March, 2024 at Fairway Hotel Kampala.

WHAT ARE INTERLOCUTORY APPLICATIONS?

An interlocutory application is an application to the court in any suit, appeal or proceeding already instituted in such a court, other than a proceeding for execution of a decree or an order.

COMMON INTERLOCUTORY APPLICATIONS

• Interim and Temporary Injunctions (Order 50A and Order 41 Civil Procedure Rules SI 71—1. (CPR))
• Amendment of pleadings (Order 6 Rule 19-21 CPR)
• Addition of parties (Order 1 Rule 10 CPR)
• Attachment before judgment (Order 40 CPR)
• Discovery of documents (Order 10 CPR)
  Security for costs (Order 26 CPR)
• Stay of execution pending appeal (Order 43 Rule 4(2) CPR)
• Applications for setting aside (Order 36 Rule 11, Order 52 Rule 1 CPR)
• Reinstatement of suits (Order 52 Rule 1 CPR)
  Leave to appear and defend (Order 36 Rule 3 CPR)
• Appointment of an interim liquidator (Rule 27 Companies (Winding Up) Rules)
• Judgement on admission (Order 8 CPR)

LEADING DECISIONS TO REMEMBER