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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 2020
Galukande v Kibirige & Ors (Miscellaneous Application No. 261 of 2018) [2020] UGHCFD 8 (3 July 2020)
Court ordered UGX 50,000,000 security for costs from the first respondent due to unclean hands and vexatious litigation.
Civil procedure – security for costs – Order 26 Rule 1 CPR and Section 98 CPA; discretion exercised on pleadings and affidavits; plaintiff’s conviction for forgery and failure to pay taxed costs; unclean hands doctrine; requirement to deposit UGX 50,000,000 as security for costs.
 3 July 2020
Kayhul v Kayhul (Divorce Cause No. 123 of 2016) [2020] UGHCFD 7 (3 July 2020)
Divorce granted for desertion; petitioner awarded primary custody, equal share of land, and respondent ordered to pay maintenance and construction contribution.
Family law – validity of church marriage – pleadings binding parties – desertion as ground for divorce (two years) – irretrievable breakdown – division of matrimonial property recognizing indirect contributions – custody, access and maintenance – contribution toward construction on matrimonial land.
 3 July 2020
Kolya v Kolya (Civil Suit No. 150 of 2016) [2020] UGHCFD 4 (3 July 2020)
3 July 2020
Luyimbazi v Mukasa & Ors (Miscellaneous Application No. 351 of 2019) [2020] UGHCFD 6 (3 July 2020)
Court declined consolidation and stayed the land suit pending determination of an application to revoke letters of administration.
* Civil procedure – consolidation of suits – Order 11 rule 1 – consolidation inappropriate where causes of action differ. * Stay of proceedings – discretionary stay of land suit pending determination of revocation of letters of administration. * Probate/administration – effect of revocation/annulment of letters on related property litigation.
 3 July 2020