Sign in
Rwanda Source-linked decisions Coverage checked

Rwanda Case Law

Search judgments by proposition, citation, court, judge or legal topic, then move directly into the source-grounded case analysis.

Courts on this page
3 court collections
Last checked

Rwanda decisions

Decisions matching the current search

Clear filters
Insurance law RCOMA 00280/2024/HCC

BOLLORE TRANSPORT AND LOGISTICS RWANDA LTD v. PRIME INSURANCE LTD

The Commercial High Court dismissed Bollore’s appeal and upheld subrogation recovery by Prime Insurance after indemnifying Horizon Logistics for cargo fire losses.

  • Subrogation
  • Carrier liability
  • Insurance indemnity
  • Contractual obligations
  • Damages
  • Professional negligence
Read case analysis
Contract law RCOMA 00001/2022/HCC

MANIRARORA vs KLM ROYAL DUTCH

KLM, having confirmed to Manirarora that he could travel and allowed him to board, was contractually obligated to deliver him to his final destination. Its failure to do so, without sufficient evidence that the passenger lacked required travel documents at the time of boarding, constituted a breach of contract. The carrier is liable for the refund of the ticket and related losses incurred as a result of its failure to fulfill its obligations.

  • Carrier liability
  • Breach of contract
  • Damages
  • Covid-19 travel restrictions
Read case analysis
Aviation law RLR V.1-2016

SEBATWARE v. RWANDAIR

The Supreme Court held that Rwandair was liable for the passenger’s death after the plane crash and upheld 20,000,000 Frw damages for each applicant.

  • Carrier liability
  • Damages for death
  • Warsaw convention
  • Limitation of liability
  • International air transport
  • Compensation calculation
Read case analysis
Aviation law RLR V.1-2016

SEBATWARE ET AL v. RWANDAIR_144193_en

The Supreme Court held RWANDAIR liable for a passenger’s death after a plane crash and upheld damages of 20,000,000 Frw per claimant, with reduced procedural fees.

  • Carrier liability
  • Damages for death in air transport
  • Limitation of liability
  • Interpretation of warsaw and hague conventions
  • Procedural damages
  • Aviation-law
Read case analysis
Commercial law RCOMA 0050/12/CS

SONARWA Ltd v. SALEX CORPORATION Ltd

The Supreme Court held that SALEX Corporation Ltd was not liable for damage to sugar after loading under CFR/FOB terms, and partially upheld SALEX’s cross-appeal on damages.

  • Liability for damaged goods
  • Carrier liability
  • Insurance claims
  • Contract interpretation
  • Damages
  • Carrier-liability
Read case analysis

About this LexChat collection

Rwanda decisions are organised by court, judge, legal area and indexed issue so a practitioner can move from a proposition to a citable authority with the surrounding context intact.