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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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April 2017
Mallinga & Anor v Mallinga (HCT-04-CV-OS-0002-2016) [2017] UGHCFD 6 (10 April 2017) Administrators may use originating summons to remove caveats on estate property when caveator lacks legal interest; costs awarded. Estate administration – originating summons (O.37 r.1) – competence for simple questions arising from administration; Caveats – removal where property is part of deceased’s estate and caveator lacks legal interest; Locus – caveator cannot restrain duly appointed administrators absent legal interest; Civil Procedure – technical defects in rule citation curable.	10 April 2017

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April 2017

Mallinga & Anor v Mallinga (HCT-04-CV-OS-0002-2016) [2017] UGHCFD 6 (10 April 2017)

Administrators may use originating summons to remove caveats on estate property when caveator lacks legal interest; costs awarded.

Estate administration – originating summons (O.37 r.1) – competence for simple questions arising from administration; Caveats – removal where property is part of deceased’s estate and caveator lacks legal interest; Locus – caveator cannot restrain duly appointed administrators absent legal interest; Civil Procedure – technical defects in rule citation curable.

10 April 2017