Kasule also recommends that a certificate of tittle be provided to all occupants on customary land to avoid disputes of land grabbing. Retired Court of Appeal Judge, Remmy Kasule wants all the laws ...

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Gold Ridge Mining Limited (GRML) has acknowledged the support of Matoba landowners following a customary chupu ceremony held at the Gold Ridge Mine Site in Central Guadalcanal earlier this month. The ...

A new Constitutional Court judgment about the validity of customary and civil marriages has huge implications. An untold number of Black couples, married under customary law and later under civil law, ...

Escambia commissioners want to create a customary use ordinance to prevent run-ins between beach visitors and property owners, but finding a happy medium may be impossible Many property owners say ...

The section further allows couples to enter into an antenuptial contract. "This results in a couple being married under two marriage regimes,” Mantyi explains. "You can’t have the two co-existing." He ...

The Constitutional Court (ConCourt) has ruled that a civil marriage does not overlook an existing customary marriage. But, instead, creates a single continuous marriage governed by different legal ...

The Constitutional Court (ConCourt) has found that a divorced couple’s antenuptial contract, signed after their customary marriage, is invalid because it was never formalised through the courts. The ...

Traditional justice is in high demand, but an unaccountable system could perpetuate discrimination and undermine human rights. Traditional justice mechanisms are among Ethiopia's most enduring ...

Traditional justice mechanisms are among Ethiopia’s most enduring alternative dispute resolution avenues. They are rooted in indigenous systems that predate the formal judiciary and provide accessible ...

Customary marriages hold the same legal status as civil law marriages, explains Professor Anthony Diala of the Centre for Legal Integration in Africa. Customary marriages hold the same legal status as ...

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