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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 2021
Ntambi & 6 Others v Njuki (Civil Suit 97 of 2006) [2021] UGHCFD 226 (4 October 2021)
Widow holds proprietary rights over former Plot 200; administrator not generally guilty of mismanagement but must remedy specific wrongs; plaintiffs trespassed.
Succession law – matrimonial property v. estate property – Proprietary rights of surviving spouse; Administrator’s duties and accountability; Intermeddling/trespass on estate land; Adequacy of inventory and family resolution for redistribution; Remedies — restitution, monetary compensation, vacant possession, demolition (limited).
 4 October 2021
Mande Sekiziyivu (Administrator for the estate of late Sajjabi) v Mulindwa (Miscellaneous Application No. 44 of 2021) [2021] UGHCFD 215 (1 October 2021)
Applicant’s hospitalisation constituted sufficient cause to extend time to file a defence; ex parte order set aside.
Civil procedure – extension of time to file defence – sufficient cause – hospitalisation as cause; Section 98 Civil Procedure Act – inherent jurisdiction to prevent injustice; Factors for extension: length of delay, reason, prospects of success, prejudice (Mulindwa v Kisubika); Ex parte orders – may be set aside where adequate cause is shown to file defence; Article 126(2)(e) Constitution – justice administered without undue regard to technicalities.
 1 October 2021