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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 2015
AllisatiMiya & Ors v Haji Musa Hasahya & Anor (HCT-O4-FC- CS-009-2013) [2015] UGHCFD 34 (30 July 2015)
Civil Procedure|Civil Remedies|Consent Order
 30 July 2015
Anite v Amule and Ors (Miscellaneous Application No. 160 of 2015) [2015] UGHCFD 24 (21 July 2015)
Family Law
 21 July 2015
In Re: the estate of late Haji Magala (Miscellaneous Cause No 005 of 2015) [2015] UGHCFD 30 (21 July 2015)
Court dismissed request for limited letters of administration for failure to follow statutory procedure and obtain Administrator General's certificate.
Succession law – limited letters of administration – sections 222 and 224 Succession Act; not applicable absent an unwilling/unable or non-resident representative. Administrator General – requirement to serve notice and obtain certificate of no objection before grant to persons other than widows/executors (Administrator General's Act; Rules SI 13-7). Civil procedure – court’s general powers under section 33 Judicature Act and section 98 Civil Procedure Act cannot override clear statutory procedure. Locus – beneficiaries of an intestate estate may sue in their own names to protect estate property (precedent applied).
 21 July 2015
Betty Daisy Kampororo Kaliisa and Others v The Administrator General (Miscellaneous Cause 10 of 2014) [2015] UGHCFD 22 (6 July 2015)
Administrator General can be compelled to issue a certificate of no objection where majority beneficiaries' nomination is unreasonably delayed.
Succession law; Administrator General’s duty to issue certificate of no objection; mandamus to compel statutory duty; delay/mediation not a bar to issuance; certiorari inappropriate where no decision to quash; prohibition quousque to prevent ultra vires action.
 6 July 2015