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Criminal law RPAA 00060/2023/CA

UBUSHINJACYAHA v BAKUNDUKIZE

The Court of Appeal held that Covid-19 quarantine was a valid reason affecting the appeal deadline and that Bakundukize’s appeal should have been admitted.

  • Appeal deadlines
  • Covid-19 quarantine as force majeure
  • Admissibility of appeal
  • Right to be heard
  • Criminal-procedure
  • Appeal-deadlines
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Criminal law RLR V.4-2025

PROSECUTION v UWIMANIHAYE

The High Court held that a civil party must be summoned in review proceedings. It found injustice in the review judgment, but upheld the original conviction.

  • Review of judgments
  • Right to be heard
  • Fraud
  • Forgery
  • Procedural fairness
  • Criminal-review
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Criminal law RLR V.4-2025

UBUSHINJACYAHA vs UWIMANIHAYE

The High Court found injustice in revision proceedings because the civil claimant was not summoned, held the alleged new evidence was not new, and maintained the original judgment.

  • Revision for injustice
  • New evidence
  • Right to be heard
  • Compensation for legal representation
  • Criminal-revision
  • New-evidence
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Commercial law RCOMAA 00043/2019/CA

QI ZHICHENG v WANG YONGFEI

The Court of Appeal upheld the setting aside of an arbitral award because a party had not been given a fair chance to respond to key evidence.

  • Setting aside arbitral award
  • Right to be heard
  • Procedural fairness
  • Arbitration
  • Setting-aside-arbitral-award
  • Right-to-be-heard
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Commercial law RCOMAA 00043/2019/CA

QI ZHICHENG v WANG YONGFEI

The Court of Appeal upheld setting aside an arbitral award because a party was not given a chance to respond to evidence about a phone number and vehicle ownership.

  • Setting aside arbitral award
  • Right to be heard
  • Distribution of company assets
  • Concurrence dĂ©loyale
  • Procedural fairness
  • Arbitration
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Civil procedure RLR V.3-2020

MUKAGIFUNDU ET.AL v. UWAMARIYA ET.AL

The Supreme Court held that all parties to a judgment challenged for injustice must be summoned, even if not all applied for review through the Ombudsman.

  • Review of judgments
  • Injustice
  • Joinder of parties
  • Jurisdiction
  • Right to be heard
  • Civil-procedure
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Civil procedure RCOM 0041/15/CS

KAJEGUHAKWA v. SGP Ltd na SP Ltd

The Supreme Court of Rwanda upheld joinder of two related commercial cases, finding no violation of the right to be heard and dismissing Kajeguhakwa’s appeal.

  • Joinder of actions
  • Right to be heard
  • Jurisdiction
  • Conflicting judgments
  • Joinder-of-actions
  • Right-to-be-heard
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Civil procedure RLR V.1-2017

GAHIGA v. FORTIS BUSINESS HOLDINGS LLC

The Supreme Court of Rwanda refused enforcement of a New York judgment because Gahiga had not been summoned or heard, violating his right of defense.

  • Recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments
  • Right to be heard
  • Procedural fairness
  • Recognition-and-enforcement-of-foreign-judgments
  • Right-to-be-heard
  • Procedural-fairness
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