The East African Court of Justice Rules of Procedure 2013
92. (1) A respondent who desires to contend on an appeal
that the decision of the First Instance Division should be
affirmed on grounds other than or additional to those relied
upon by that court shall give notice to that effect, specifying the
grounds for his contention.
Notice of
grounds for
affirming
decision
(2) A notice given by the respondent under this Rule
shall state names and addresses of any persons intended to be
served with copies of the notice and shall be lodged in
quadruplicate in the appropriate registry not more than thirty
(30) days after service on the respondent of the memorandum of
appeal and the record of appeal.
(3) A notice of grounds for affirming a decision shall
be substantially in the Form F in the Seventh Schedule to these
Rules and shall be signed by or on behalf of the respondent.
(4) A respondent who desires to contend at the hearing
of the appeal that part of the decision of the First Instance
Division should be varied or reversed and that part of that
decision should be affirmed on grounds other than or additional
to those relied upon by that court may include both contentions
in a notice of cross-appeal under Rule 92 and shall not be
required to give notice also under this Rule.
(5) The provisions of sub-rules (1), (2) and (3) of this
Rule shall apply mutatis mutandis to an appellant who desires to
contend in opposition to a cross-appeal that the decision of the
First Instance Division should be affirmed on grounds other
than or additional to those relied on by that court.
93. (1) A respondent who intends to cross-appeal or to contend
that a decision of the First Instance Division should be affirmed on
grounds other than those relied on by that court shall, within seven
(7) days after lodging his notice of cross-appeal or notice of
grounds for affirming the decision, as the case may be, serve a
copy of it on all other persons directly affected by the cross-appeal
or by the appeal, as the case may be.
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Service of
notice of
cross-appeal
or notice of
grounds for
affirming
decision
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