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IMIRONGO SC OCTOBER 2024 – JANUARY 2025

A Court of Appeal collection summarizing Supreme Court precedents across civil, commercial, labour, and administrative matters, with extracted legal rules and cited authorities.

  • Substitution of legal representation
  • Liability insurance
  • Cheque law
  • Auction annulment
  • Mortgage registration
  • Employment contract existence
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Commercial law RS/INJUST/RCOM 00004/2019/CA

MUKARUGWIZA v BANK OF KIGALI LTD (BK)

The Court of Appeal held that Mukarugwiza Ruth’s retrial claim on grounds of injustice was justified and that auction proceeds must first satisfy her loan.

  • Mortgage registration
  • Priority of security interests
  • Execution of judgments
  • Retrial on grounds of injustice
  • Mortgage-registration
  • Security-interest-priority
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Commercial law RLR V.1-2019

I&M BANK v. SEBULIKOKO_kn

The Supreme Court held that a registered mortgage remained valid between the parties while the debt was unpaid, even though registration was not renewed.

  • Mortgage registration
  • Enforcement of security
  • Compensation
  • Auction of collateral
  • Guarantee liability
  • Mortgage-registration
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Business law RCOMA 0080/12/CS

NTAKIRUTINKA ET AL v. GT BANK ET AL

The Supreme Court held GT BANK liable for paying 19,000,000 rwf to the wrong account and apportioned damages against GT BANK and Uzabumwana, while maintaining the principal loan debt.

  • Bank liability
  • Contractual obligations
  • Guaranty
  • Unjust enrichment
  • Damages
  • Loan repayment
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Civil procedure RCAA 0026/12/CS

MUSHINZIMANA v. RUTARINDWA

The Supreme Court held that appellate jurisdiction depends on the value in the original pleadings, not a later mortgage registration valuation, and dismissed the appeal.

  • Appellate jurisdiction
  • Valuation of subject matter
  • Mortgage registration
  • Appellate-jurisdiction
  • Valuation-of-subject-matter
  • Civil-procedure
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