Hidaya Ally v Amiri Mlugu, Civil Appeal No. 105 of 2008, Court of Appeal (Tanzlii)

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Hidaya Ally v Amiri Mlugu, Civil Appeal No. 105 of 2008, Court of Appeal (Tanzlii)

Presumption of marriage, division of matrimonial property, supervising construction of a matrimonial house, contribution to acquisition of the house.

  • i). Presumption of marriage
  • ii). Courts have power to order division of property once the presumption of marriage is rebutted (p. 6).
  • iii). It is a misconception for anyone to think that division of matrimonial property can only be ordered in a valid marriage (p.6).
  • iv). Supervising construction of a matrimonial house amounts to contribution to acquisition of the house (p. 9).