Buye & Ors v Ssenyange (Miscellaneous Cause No. 15 of 2015) [2015] UGHCFD 44 (14 December 2015)
Court
HC: Family Division (Uganda)
Case number
Miscellaneous Cause No. 15 of 2015
Judge
Tuhaise, J
The High Court amended a probate grant to remove a deceased executor and an absent executor, allowing the surviving applicants to administer and distribute the estate.
Kaplan and Another v Leibbrandt and Another (Civil Case No. 82 of 1941 consolidated with Civil Case .No. 84' of 1941,) [1942] EACA 9 (1 January 1942)
Court
East African Court of Appeal
Case number
Civil Case No. 82 of 1941 consolidated with Civil Case .No. 84' of 1941,
Judge
Hayden J
Clause 5 of the testator's will, though abbreviated, is materially similar to the clause in re Fish Bennett v. Bennett (1893) 2 Ch. 413, and expressly authorizes the solicitor trustee to charge for professional and non-professional acts, including those which a trustee could have done personally. The Registrar's limitation of allowable costs to professional charges only was incorrect. The court distinguishes Chalinder v. Herington (1907) 1 Ch. 58, noting that the present clause contains the necessary words to permit such charges. The matter is referred back to the Registrar for reconsideratio…