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Criminal law RLR V.2-2025

PROSECUTION v UWAMURERA

The Court of Appeal held that Uwamurera Phoebe’s appeal was inadmissible because her voluntary intervention in a criminal case did not create appellate jurisdiction.

  • Appeal rights
  • Jurisdiction
  • Voluntary intervention
  • Forced intervention
  • Asset confiscation
  • Appeal-jurisdiction
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Commercial law RLR V.3-2025

NFCS LTD v NEXTGEN DEVELOPERS LTD ET.AL

The 30,000,000 Frw cheque dated 30/10/2019 was part of the previously agreed 48,000,000 Frw debt and not an additional debt; the 8,500,000 Frw cheque dated 06/06/2019 was unrelated to the tender and should not be included in the debt. Profits and interests from the tender must be distributed equally between NFCS Ltd. and Gasirikare Evariste after deducting the principal investment. Gasirikare Evariste's claim for 18% economic damages was inadmissible as it was raised for the first time at the appellate level. Each party should bear its own legal costs at this stage, but previous orders for pr…

  • Cheques and negotiable instruments
  • Partnership agreements
  • Debt recovery
  • Voluntary intervention
  • Procedural fees
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Commercial law RLR V.2-2018

CAPLAKI v. MUKANYIRINKWAYA

The Supreme Court allowed Kigali City’s voluntary intervention and held that it did not change the case from commercial to administrative.

  • Voluntary intervention
  • Change of case nature
  • Contractual obligations
  • Government property
  • Voluntary-intervention
  • Commercial-procedure
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Commercial law RLR V.2-2018

CAPLAKI v. MUKANYIRINKWAYA_en

The Supreme Court admitted Kigali City’s voluntary intervention in a commercial appeal and held that the intervention did not change the case’s commercial nature.

  • Voluntary intervention
  • Jurisdiction
  • Nature of claim
  • Sale of immovable property
  • Voluntary-intervention
  • Commercial-procedure
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