Rwanda Case Law

AKIMANIZANYE N’ABANDI vs. NICE EGGS COMPANY Ltd N’UNDI [

Court

Court of Appeal

Case number

RS/INJUST/RSOC 00013/2022/CA

Only the widow and children of the deceased, who properly exhausted appeal procedures, have standing to seek extraordinary review and are entitled to compensation. Compensation for workplace accident is determined by the court's discretion in absence of specific law, based on general principles and comparable case law, with the employer liable for the total amount minus the portion covered by the insurer under the insurance contract.

Source excerpt

• Workplace accident compensation
• Standing to sue for compensation
• Scope of insurance liability
• Extraordinary review (revision)
• Calculation of damages
• Procedural default

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UWIMANA v KAGITARE

Court

Supreme Court

Case number

RS/INJUST/RC 00002/2018/SC

The Supreme Court held that undisclosed matrimonial property discovered after divorce can still be claimed for division, and declared the disputed 3.6 ha forest jointly owned.

• Divorce
• Matrimonial property division
• Recognition of foreign judgments
• Land ownership
• Extraordinary review (revision)
• Family-law

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