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Lubega v Nyanzi and Others (Miscellaneous Cause No.86 of 2024) [2025] UGHC 167 (5 March 2025)
The High Court held that the suit kibanja was family land, but the applicant did not need consent from the respondents to transact because none was a spouse.
Bigala v Namuwenge (Civil Suit No. 98 of 2020) [2023] UGHCCD 93 (7 April 2023)
The High Court dismissed a claim over UGX 43 million allegedly saved on a partner’s bank account, finding no proved oral business agreement, trust breach, or fraud.
Nyiramugisha v Mbonimpa (Miscellaneous Application 63 of 2022) [2023] UGHC 450 (25 February 2023)
The High Court dismissed an application for res judicata and judgment on admission, holding that property ownership was not decided in the earlier divorce cause.
Kigongo v Kigongo (Civil Suit 295 of 2015) [2017] UGHCLD 369 (27 April 2017)
The High Court found no proven customary marriage, but held that proprietary estoppel gave the defendant a 50% interest in the home and ordered joint registration.
Nyiraneza Justine Kazaare v Kazaare Jolocome (Divorce Appeal No. 001 of 2010) [2011] UGHC 201 (28 July 2011)
The High Court allowed the appeal, found no proven customary marriage, set aside the decree nisi, and ordered custody, maintenance, and occupation rights for the appellant and children.
Paul Kagwa v Jackline Muteteri (Matrimonial Cause No 23 of 2005) (Matrimonial Cause No 23 of 2005) [2006] UGHC 17 (18 May 2006)
The court found that the marriage between the petitioner and respondent was void ab initio because the respondent's previous marriage to Wilson Karakire was still subsisting at the time she married the petitioner. The fact that the respondent may have believed her previous husband to be dead was immaterial, as there was no evidence to support his death, and the legal requirement is that the previous marriage must have been dissolved or the spouse deceased. On the issue of custody, the court held that the minor child, Faith Kagwa, should remain with the petitioner but granted the respondent ac…
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Koloneri v Wakasanga (H.C.C.S NO. 50 OF 1988) [1995] UGHCCD 3 (18 April 1995)
The High Court granted the plaintiff letters of administration, ordered removal of the defendant’s caveat, and awarded possession of jointly acquired property at Bugembe.
