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The Court of Appeal dismissed Kochaniewicz Grzegorz’s appeal as late, holding that exequatur proceedings are treated as unilateral applications with a five-working-day appeal period.
The Court of Appeal found that the applicant's documents, including the Ugandan judgment and certificate of no appeal, were properly authenticated and met all statutory requirements under Article 82 of Law No 30/2018. The High Court erred in refusing enforcement based on alleged lack of proper authentication. The Ugandan judgment is final, not contrary to Rwandan public order, and enforceable in Rwanda.
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The High Court upheld a damages award against Sanlam, holding Rwandan courts had jurisdiction over a foreign road accident covered by cross-border insurance.
The Supreme Court held that Belgian divorce and custody judgments met Rwanda’s exequatur requirements and ordered them enforced in Rwanda.
The Court of Appeal provisionally stayed execution of a foreign judgment previously granted exequatur, finding urgency and that the underlying judgment was still being litigated abroad.
The Court of Appeal granted interim relief and suspended enforcement of the exequatur judgment pending the outcome of the related substantive proceedings.
The Court of Appeal held that provisional Belgian family orders could not be enforced in Rwanda, because exequatur requires a final foreign judgment.
The Court of Appeal held that a Canadian child-maintenance order met Rwanda’s exequatur requirements and should be enforced in Rwanda.
The Supreme Court held that a foreign death certificate used only as evidence does not need exequatur in Rwanda, and overruled the admissibility objection.
The Supreme Court held that a foreign death certificate need not be recognized through exequatur before being used as evidence in Rwandan court proceedings.
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