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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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October 2017
Sengozi v Mpagi & Ors (Miscellaneous Cause No. 061 of 2016) [2017] UGHCFD 19 (27 October 2017)
27 October 2017
Nakakande v Balikuddembe (Divorce Cause No. 60/2017) [2017] UGHCFD 12 (5 October 2017)
Magistrate wrongly dismissed divorce after decree nisi; High Court reinstated proceedings and ordered property-distribution hearing.
Family law – dissolution of customary marriages – jurisdiction of magistrates’ courts to dissolve customary marriages. Civil procedure – revision under s.83 Civil Procedure Act – exercise where court acted without jurisdiction or with material irregularity. Divorce procedure – effect of issuance of decree nisi and procedure for resolving outstanding matrimonial property issues prior to decree absolute.
 5 October 2017
Kayondo & Ors v The Administrator General & Ors (Miscellaneous Application No. 628 of 2016) [2017] UGHCFD 10 (4 October 2017)
Court allowed amendment and joinder to determine disputed land title and avoid multiplicity of suits.
Civil procedure – Amendment of pleadings and joinder of parties – Order 6 r.19 and Order 1 r.10(2) CPR – Test: necessity for adjudication, avoidance of multiplicity, absence of injustice or mala fides – Adding party even if no direct cause of action where presence is necessary.
 4 October 2017