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HC: Family Division (Uganda)

The Family Division was created in  April 2005 as a division of the high court that handles: Administration causes, Family causes, (Adoption, Guardianship, Affiliation/maintenance), Miscellaneous causes, Miscellaneous applications, Civil appeals, Civil suits, Originating summons, Civil revisions and Divorce cases.

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Makindye Chief Magistrates' Court at Mobutu Road .
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June 2014
Nakibuuka v Sematimba & Ors (Miscellaneous Application No. 52 of 2014) [2014] UGHCFD 36 (30 June 2014)
Application for administrators pendente lite and interlocutory mandatory relief denied after unlawful execution of interim order and unclean hands.
Succession Act s.218 – administrators pendente lite; Interlocutory injunctions – tests: prima facie case, irreparable harm, balance of convenience; Mandatory vs prohibitory injunctions – preserve status quo; Equity – clean hands doctrine; Illegal execution of interim orders – effect on entitlement to equitable relief.
 30 June 2014
Mulagusi & Anor v Balibaseka Musiitwa & Ors (Miscellaneous Application No.250 of 2013) [2014] UGHCFD 35 (26 June 2014)
Court allowed amendment of plaint under Order 6 r.19, finding no new cause or prejudice to respondents.
Civil Procedure – Amendment of pleadings (Order 6 r.19 & r.31 CPR) – Amendments allowed unless they change action's character or prejudice existing rights – Objections on merits are not a ground to refuse amendment.
 26 June 2014
In Re: Kemigisha & Anor (Family Cause 107 of 2014) [2014] UGHCFD 34 (16 June 2014)
Applicant maternal grandmother appointed guardian and permitted to take the child to Australia in the child’s best interests.
Family law – Guardianship – High Court jurisdiction to appoint guardian where statute silent – Best interests of the child paramount – Consent of child and parents – Permission for child to travel/immigrate with guardian – Post-relocation reporting and notification conditions.
 16 June 2014