Nabalindwa Rosemary and Another v Uganda (Miscellaneous Application 204 of 2025)

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Holding

The High Court granted an extension of letters of administration for two years where administrators demonstrated sufficient cause for delay in filing inventory due to squatters on estate property. The court held that ongoing negotiations to remove squatters constituted sufficient cause, the administrators had not been dilatory, and no injustice would result to beneficiaries from the extension.

Outcome

Application granted with extension of letters of administration and time to file inventory for two years

Facts

The applicants were granted letters of administration on 13 September 2019 for the estate of the late Bavunanyeki Daniel. They were unable to file an inventory within the statutory six-month period because the estate property had squatters who refused to vacate. The applicants engaged in ongoing negotiations to settle the squatters. The letters of administration expired on 31 May 2025 under section 337(2) of the Succession Act. The applicants sought an extension of the grant and leave to file an inventory out of time, explaining that they could not transfer the land title into the administrators' names without the extension.

Issues

1. Whether the letters of administration granted to the applicants should be extended beyond the statutory period.
2. Whether the applicants should be granted leave to file an inventory out of time.

Orders

• Letters of Administration for the Estate of Late Bavunanyeki Daniel issued vide Administrative Cause No. 1270 of 2018 to the Applicants are hereby extended for a period of two years effective 01 April 2026.
• The time within which to file an inventory and final accounts of the estate of the late Bavunanyeki Daniel be extended for the same period of two years.
• No order is made as to costs.

Rules and key headnotes

Legislation cited (7)

• Civil Procedure Act Cap 282 s.98
• Judicature Act Cap 16 s.37
• Succession Act Cap 268 s.256(3)(a)(b)(ii)
• Succession Act Cap 268 s.273
• Succession Act Cap 268 s.337(2)
• Succession Act Cap 268 s.337(4)
• Civil Procedure Rules Order 52 rules 1 & 3

Cases cited (1)

• Abuno and Others (Application for Extension of Letters of Administration) [2025] UGHC 633

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