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The Court of Appeal held that a business name has no legal personality and cannot sue in its own name, so GSE’s appeal was not examined on the merits.
A business name registered by an individual does not acquire legal personality and cannot sue in its own name; only the proprietor may bring claims related to the business. Therefore, the claim filed by Entreprise Usengimana Richard was inadmissible for lack of standing.
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Julia Shop, as a sole proprietorship, lacks legal personality and cannot sue in its own name; only the business owner, Mukandahiro Julienne, has standing to bring a claim. Therefore, the claim filed by Julia Shop was inadmissible and the lower courts' judgments must be quashed.
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The Supreme Court held that Julia Shop, as an individual business name, lacked legal personality and could not sue in its own name. The claim was inadmissible.
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