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Wamulima v Wamale (Civil Suit 3 of 2022) [2025] UGHC 269 (12 May 2025)
The High Court dismissed a challenge to letters of administration, finding no proven fraud, no deliberate concealment, and no basis for damages or revocation.
Nambayagwe v Naiga & Another (Civil Suit 101 of 2021) [2024] UGHC 1189 (1 October 2024)
The court found that the plaintiff was customarily married to the late Salongo Matovu Mayanja, making her a legal widow under Ugandan law. The suit property was established as matrimonial property, as it was jointly occupied and used by the plaintiff and her late husband as their home and source of livelihood. Upon the husband's death, the defendants unlawfully evicted the plaintiff and took possession of the property, constituting trespass. The plaintiff proved her case on a balance of probabilities, entitling her to declarations of ownership, vacant possession, a permanent injunction agains…
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Tumusiime v Mubangizi & Another (Criminal Appeal 25 of 2022) [2024] UGHC 153 (27 March 2024)
The court found that the suit land was not family land within the meaning of the Land Act. The evidence established that the land exchanged with Katabazi, which became the suit property, was comprised of land acquired by the 1st respondent before his marriage to the appellant and was his personal property. The property distribution agreement (DEX1), signed by both parties upon their separation, specifically allocated the suit land to the 1st respondent and was intended to be legally binding, given the context of their separation. The appellant's claim that she was forced to sign the agreement…
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Florence Okello Betty v Rehema Nandita (Civil Suit 5 of 2022) [2023] UGHC 269 (8 November 2023)
The High Court held that the defendant failed to prove she was the deceased’s widow and that the alleged will was unproved, but granted an injunction and half costs.
Asegoit v Emejje and 2 Others (Miscellaneous Application 10 of 2022) [2023] UGHC 53 (6 June 2023)
The High Court held that compensation for a compulsorily acquired residential holding should go to the applicant wife and her children, not be shared as general estate property.
Namatovu v Jjagwe and 2 Others (Misc Cause 51 of 2020) [2023] UGHCFD 51 (21 January 2023)
The High Court held that the applicant was customarily married to the deceased, that the Muyenga property was matrimonial property, and ordered transfer to her.
Tugume v Tugume (Miscellaneous Application 435 of 2021) [2021] UGHCFD 231 (1 November 2021)
The High Court set aside a consent judgment that had purported to settle a disputed customary marriage issue and revived the underlying suit for hearing.
Okurut Emmanuel v Katooko Dinah (Civil Appeal No. 87 of 2016) [2019] UGHC 100 (12 April 2019)
The High Court dismissed an appeal over sale of family land, holding the respondent’s customary marriage subsisted, her consent was needed, and the sale was void.
Nalumansi v Kasande (Civil Appeal 10 of 2015) [2017] UGSC 87 (10 July 2017)
The Supreme Court held the appellant’s UK marriage was valid, but she was disentitled from inheriting because she was not part of the same household at death.
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.
