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Bitature again loses appeal in $26.485m loan dispute with Vantage

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Kampala businessman Patrick Bitature has again lost a suit in which he had wanted court to reduce the Shs 194 million awarded to Vantage Mezzanine Fund II Partnership, a South African-based venture capital fund.

Justice Steven Mubiru of the High Court held that the Shs 194 million that had been awarded to them by the deputy registrar of the High court was excessively low.

In their appeal to the court, Vantage contended that the deputy registrar erred in law and fact when on October 17, 2024, taxed the bill of costs and allowed it only Shs 104 million and Shs 90 million in instruction fees to lawyers.

Vantage argued that that sum was manifestly low, unfair, and inconsistent with the Advocates Remuneration and Taxation of Costs Regulations. They therefore appealed to the court to set it aside and order a new taxation.

Bitature who was sued together with his wife Carol Bitature and his companies; Simba Properties Investment Co. Ltd, Simba Telecom Limited, Elgon Terrace Hotel Limited and Linda Properties Limited also filed a counter appeal arguing that the Shs 194 million on the contrary was excessive and based on the wrong principles of law.

In determining the matter, judge Mubiru found that the deputy registrar had arrived at a wrong decision when she failed to evaluate all the evidence on the record.

The judge  held that for the registrar to say she wasn’t aware of the value of the suit which is $26.486 million (about Shs 95 billion) inadvertently occasioned an injustice on Vantage leading her to allow very low instruction fees and cost of the suit.

“It was a misdirection on the part of the deputy registrar when she declared all aspects of the underlying litigation as having a subject matter whose value was unascertainable. Had she properly directed herself, she would have found that the subject matter of the suit was ascertainable from the pleadings while that of the application was not. Failure to ascribe the correct value to the subject matter is an error of principle, and therefore this contention succeeds,” Justice Mubiru said.

The judge consequently ordered that the deputy registrar reconsiders her order and rise the bill of costs to reflect not only the value of the suit but also its complex nature.

The development meant that the  judge rejected Bitature’s counter appeal that the Shs 194 million awarded to Vantage was excessive.

Background

Court has twice ruled against Bitature who had sought not to pay back the $10 million loan contracted from Vantage claiming that it had no legal basis for offering financial services in Uganda where it is not legally registered.

In the ruling of June 2021, court held that there was a valid loan agreement between Bitature and Vantage but declined to get involved instead saying the parties should go for arbitration which was provided for.

Vantage claimed over $26.486 million from Bitature and his companies. It is after this reference that Vantage then sought costs of the three suits which it had won in the High court.

However, when the final determination was done by the registrar, Vantage disputed the amounts awarded hence appealed it in the high court.

 

Tags: arbitrationbusiness litigation Uganda.court rulingdebt recoverylegal costsloan disputePatrick BitatureShs 194 millionSimba PropertiesSimba TelecomUganda High CourtVantage Mezzanine Fund IIventure capital
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