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The Court of Appeal held that an appeal concerning debt confirmation and distraint had to be filed within three working days, and dismissed the appeal as out of time.
The Court of Appeal held that a judge who heard an urgent summary procedure claim is not disqualified from hearing the principal claim.
The Court of Appeal held that an auction-invalidation claim is not a summary procedure, but the appeal was rejected as filed out of time.
The Supreme Court held that procedural and advocate fees should not be awarded in a summary procedure application; only court fees were payable on withdrawal.
The High Court held that third party opposition does not automatically suspend execution, and upheld suspension of expropriation fee payment in summary procedure.
The Supreme Court held that an appeal is inadmissible where the appellant lacks interest to appeal, because EAR/DIOCESE YA SHYIRA was appealing a judgment it had won.
The Supreme Court accepted Mukamusoni Béatrice’s withdrawal of her summary procedure application, holding that no other party’s acceptance was required under Article 26.
The Commercial High Court held that a summary procedure claim cannot decide standing or party joinder where that would prejudice the main suit, and it provisionally suspended execution of a house guaranty.
The Supreme Court allowed a summary application to stay execution of a commercial judgment pending the main appeal, and held that damages are not awarded in summary procedure.
The Supreme Court of Rwanda rejected BANI Ltd’s urgent application to evict its tenant, finding no urgency or provisional basis, and awarded costs to DUSABUMUREMYI.
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