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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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July 2014
Nagujja & 3 ors v Ssegujja & 3 ors (Miscellaneous Application No. 234 of 2013) [2014] UGHCFD 39 (10 July 2014)
A consent recorded by a caretaker before a judge estops beneficiaries from litigating the agreed disposition of estate property.
Civil procedure – Temporary injunctions – requirements of prima facie case, irreparable harm and balance of convenience – Order 41 CPR; Res judicata versus consent judgment; Estoppel arising from consent recorded by a judge; Estate administration – disposition of estate property by consent; Pending suit requirement for interlocutory relief
 10 July 2014
In Re: Mudondo & Achipa (Both infants) (Miscellaneous Cause No. 06 of 2014) [2014] UGHCFD 38 (3 July 2014)
Habeas corpus granted where police detention lacked lawful basis and magistrate's guardianship of children to a non‑citizen was revoked.
Habeas corpus — unlawful detention of child witnesses; undisclosed police "witness protection" insufficient; jurisdictional limits of Family and Children Court; guardianship to non‑citizen voidable; High Court revision for illegality
 3 July 2014
Nyabayango v Kabasinguzi & Anor (High Court Civil Suit No. 121 of 2012) [2014] UGHCFD 37 (1 July 2014)
High Court may hear matrimonial constitutional and tort claims; settlement clause barring future suits is void under the Contracts Act.
Family law – jurisdiction to apply constitutional and marital rights; constitutional interpretation reserved to Court of Appeal; cause of action pleaded; Contracts Act s22(1) – agreements ousting right to legal proceedings void; restitution of conjugal rights permissible remedy choice
 1 July 2014