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Luwedde Victoria and Others v Nassiwa Deborah (Miscellaneous Application No. 459 of 2025) [2025] UGHCFD 58 (14 July 2025)
The High Court of Uganda granted joinder, adding the applicants as defendants in an estate dispute because they were beneficiaries whose interests could be affected.
Nabukalu A.K.A Betty Nabukalu v Najjuma and Another (Miscellaneous Cause No. I24 of 2024) [2025] UGHCLD 100 (24 June 2025)
The application was unopposed, and the documentary evidence, including the translated agreement, established that the parties had agreed to subdivide the suit property. The applicant's averments were uncontroverted due to the respondents' failure to file a reply. The court found sufficient grounds to grant the subdivision and ordered the creation of a separate certificate of title for the applicant's interest, relying on the principle that unchallenged affidavits are accepted as true and the parties' documented agreement to subdivide the land.
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Nakyomu and 4 Others v Namukwaya and 2 Others (Civil Suit 1036 of 2020) [2024] UGHCLD 254 (25 October 2024)
The High Court held that the plaintiffs failed to prove a gift inter vivos or fraud over the suit land, dismissed the suit, upheld the 2nd defendant’s title, and vacated the caveat.
Nanvubya & 4 Others v Kanyerezi & Another (Miscellaneous Application 921 of 2024) [2024] UGHCLD 189 (18 July 2024)
The High Court of Uganda declined to strike out a defence filed late, finding mistaken service issues and validating the pleading in the interests of justice.
Gasa Zoe and Another v Namara (Miscellaneous Application 1205 of 2023) [2023] UGHCFD 110 (27 November 2023)
The High Court partially allowed a review application and ordered exhumation of the deceased’s remains for DNA testing to determine the paternity of the minor applicants.
Gasa and Another v Namara (Miscellaneous Application 1205 of 2023) [2023] UGHCFD 163 (27 November 2023)
The court found that the applicants are not aggrieved persons within the meaning of Section 82 of the Civil Procedure Act, as the DNA order provided them an opportunity to prove their entitlement to the estate. The presumption of legitimacy applies to children born in wedlock, and adult children should not be subjected to DNA testing without their consent. However, in the interest of justice and to avoid multiplicity of suits, the court partially allowed the application, granting an order for exhumation of the late Enoch Kalema to obtain samples for DNA testing of the minor applicants. The DN…
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Nalwanga Lwanga and 5 Others v Administrator of the estate of late (Muwanga yoweri kaddu) and 2 Others (Misc Cause No. 80 of 2022) [2022] UGHCLD 225 (1 December 2022)
The High Court granted a representative order allowing the applicants to notify and sue on behalf of interested clan members over disputed ancestral land.
In Re:. Tebulotwa Agnes & Nakubulwa Norah Sebunya (Family Cause 149 of 2016) [2017] UGHCFD 16 (19 December 2017)
The High Court appointed the children’s mother as legal guardian to protect their interests in their late father’s estate, applying the best-interests principle.
Mutashwera Vs Ryangombe (Civil Appeal No. 181 of 2015) [2017] UGCA 114 (5 December 2017)
Court of Appeal upheld orders preserving a non-party estate’s house and developments, found no error in re-evaluating the evidence, and dismissed the land appeal.
