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Kiwawa v Serunkuma and Another (Civil Suit 52 of 2006) [2007] UGHCFD 1 (5 May 2007)
The High Court held that a Baganda clan rule barring marriage between clan-mates could void an intended statutory marriage, and confirmed the plaintiff’s paternity.
Prince Mpuga Rukidi and Another v Prince Iguru Solomon (Civil Appeal 18 of 1994) [1996] UGSC 34 (17 May 1996)
The Supreme Court held that Prince Solomon Iguru was validly nominated as successor to the Bunyoro-Kitara throne and dismissed the appeal except on costs.
Jacob and Others v Administrator General of Zanzibar (Civil Appeal 2 of 1946) [1946] EACA 9 (1 January 1946)
The court held that, even assuming the evidence for the defence was correct, the appellants could not rely on the admitted fraudulent purpose of the first appellant in transferring property to his son to rebut the presumption that the property was the son's. Equity does not permit a party to set up their own illegality or fraud to defeat creditors or rebut legal presumptions. Furthermore, the custom of Benami, which allows property to be held in trust for another under Indian law, has no legal recognition in Zanzibar and cannot be invoked to alter the legal ownership established by registrati…
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