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Byoleko Robert Mutazindwa and Another v Rehema Turyakira Omar (Miscellaneous Application No. 1188 of 2025) [2025] UGHCLD 137 (14 July 2025)
The High Court granted a stay of execution pending appeal, finding the applicants had standing when filed, faced imminent execution, and would risk substantial loss.
Bukenya Deo Sebyala v Nanyunja Harriet (Civil Suit No. 52 of 2019) [2025] UGHCFD 57 (14 July 2025)
The court found that while the defendant did not fraudulently obtain letters of administration, she did fraudulently dispose of estate property by executing a sale agreement without the consent of her co-administrator, the late Cotilda Nakafeero, and by forging the signature of a deceased beneficiary. The law requires co-administrators to act jointly, and any unilateral disposal of estate property is invalid. The fraudulent sale interfered with the interests of the beneficiaries and constituted just cause for revocation of the defendant's letters of administration. The plaintiff was entitled…
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Ssekamwa Sarah and Kigongo George v The Registrar of Titles (Miscellaneous Cause 13 of 2025) [2025] UGHC 493 (9 July 2025)
The High Court ordered the Registrar of Titles to register the applicants as executors/proprietors of estate land after probate was verified and no objection was filed.
Mwesigye Isha Evans and Another v Tebagalika Kasirye G.W. and Others (Civil Suit No. 875 of 2019) [2025] UGCommC 212 (9 July 2025)
The court found that although a sale agreement existed between the plaintiffs and the defendants, the defendants, acting as administrators, lacked legal capacity and authority to sell the land, as they were not the registered proprietors and did not have beneficiary consent. This rendered the contract void ab initio. The defendants' conduct amounted to fraud and misrepresentation by concealing their lack of authority and misrepresenting their ability to sell the land. However, the plaintiffs failed to exercise ordinary diligence by not verifying the title or contacting the registered propriet…
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Anslem Semakula v Anna Nabatanzi and Others (Miscellaneous Application No. 9 of 2025) [2025] UGHC 450 (24 June 2025)
The court found that although the applicant had filed an appeal against the judgment in HCCS. No. 94 of 2010, he failed to demonstrate any real or imminent threat of execution of the decree by the respondents. There was no evidence of an application for execution, no steps taken by the respondents to implement the court's decision, and no proof of threats to evict the applicant or cancel his land titles. The respondents were merely performing their duties as administrators of the estate, not executing court orders. Furthermore, the administration of the estate is already the subject of a sepa…
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Ganya and Another v Twinomujuini (HCT-01-CV-LD-CS-28 OF 2023) [2025] UGHC 445 (19 June 2025)
The court found that the amended plaint did not amount to substitution or addition of parties without leave of court, as the original and amended plaints both indicated the plaintiffs' capacity as administrators of the estate. However, the court held that joint administrators must act jointly at all times, and a suit brought by only two administrators where the grant was given to three is incurably defective. The rules of procedure and the Succession Act require all joint administrators to be parties to a suit on behalf of the estate. The withdrawal of one administrator meant the legal repres…
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Mpalanyi Henry and Another v Kakumba Bernard Tamale and Others (Miscellaneous Application No. 0581 of 2024) [2025] UGHC 410 (30 May 2025)
The High Court at Mukono set aside a consent judgment after finding the applicants, as beneficiaries, had standing and that estate funds were being channelled through personal accounts.
Ntegyerize v Kamukama (Civil Appeal 31 of 2023) [2025] UGHC 313 (21 May 2025)
The High Court found that the trial magistrate erred by failing to independently consider whether the suit land constituted matrimonial property, which could confer an equitable interest to the appellant as widow, regardless of her residence. While the trial magistrate correctly determined that the suit land was not family land requiring spousal consent under the Land Act, the failure to address the implications of matrimonial property and succession law resulted in a miscarriage of justice. The appellate court held that the dispute over the suit land should be resolved through proper adminis…
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Arthur Bunya Kironde and Others v Commissioner Land Registration and Senkasi George (HCT-17-CV-MC- 004 - 2022) [2025] UGHC 310 (7 May 2025)
The High Court granted consequential land-registration orders, cancelling Senkasi George’s title entry and directing registration of the estate administrators.
Tumuhairwe and Another v Tumwebaze Mugasha (Civil Suit 102 of 2020) [2025] UGHCFD 15 (14 April 2025)
The court found that the defendant, as administrator, failed in her fiduciary duties by not accounting for substantial estate funds, including the balance in the deceased's bank account and proceeds from property sales. The evidence showed the defendant misappropriated estate assets and did not distribute them in accordance with the Succession Act. The defendant's claim that certain properties and funds were jointly owned was rejected based on documentary and testimonial evidence, particularly the bank account, which was solely in the deceased's name. The court held that the defendant's actio…
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