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NDAHIMANA v. EDPR
The Court of Appeal found the 12/07/2001 document did not prove an employment contract between Ndahimana and EDPR, and dismissed his claims.
- Employment contract validity
- Prescription of labour claims
- Employee status
- Damages for breach of contract
- Attorney fees
- Employment-contract-validity
OVERSEAS LOGISTICS & GENERAL SERVICES Ltd v. IGNITE POWER RWANDA LTD
The Court of Appeal held that a late jurisdictional objection and a late cross-appeal were inadmissible, and affirmed liability for breach of a freight contract.
- Carriage of goods
- Breach of contract
- Jurisdiction
- Arbitration clauses
- Appellate procedure
- Damages
NYANDWI vs IKIGO CY’UBWITEGANYIRIZE BW’ABAKOZI (RSSB)
The Court of Appeal held that Nyandwi Fulgence was a public servant, was lawfully dismissed for a serious fault, and was not entitled to the compensation claimed.
- Termination of employment
- Public servant status
- Disciplinary procedure
- Compensation claims
- Public-servant-status
- Termination-of-employment
SINDAYIGAYA v. UMURYANGO APE RUGUNGA
The Court of Appeal held that a second appeal was inadmissible because the impugned materials were public documents, not new evidence requiring reopening of hearings.
- Termination of contract
- Public documents as evidence
- Appellate jurisdiction
- Costs and legal fees
- Appellate-jurisdiction
- Public-documents-as-evidence
UBUSHINJACYAHA v. BAYAVUGE
The Court of Appeal dismissed Bayavuge Claude’s appeal against a 15-year sentence for conspiracy to commit murder, holding his new grounds were out of time.
- Conspiracy to commit murder
- Appeal procedure
- Sentencing
- Criminal-law
- Conspiracy-to-commit-murder
- Appeal-procedure
MG INVESTMENT COMPANY Ltd vs MOUNT MERU SOYCO LTD
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UBUSHINJACYAHA vs TWISUNGEMUNGU
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UBUSHINJACYAHA vs DUKUZUMUREMYI
The Court of Appeal overturned a child-abandonment conviction, finding no legally proven parentage and insufficient evidence of the accused’s involvement.
- Child abandonment
- Parental responsibility
- Criminal procedure
- Burden of proof
- Child-abandonment
- Parental-responsibility
UBUSHINJACYAHA vs MUHOZA
The Court of Appeal held that the appeal was not admissible because the grounds of appeal were filed out of time; the 25-year sentence remained unchanged.
- Appeal procedure
- Timeliness of grounds
- Sentencing
- Mitigating circumstances
- Criminal-appeal-procedure
- Late-appeal-grounds
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