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Civil procedure RCOMA 00002/2023/CA

Whitefield Investment Company (WIC) Ltd nabandi vs Thomas et Piron Grands Lac (TPGL) N'ABANDI (1)

The Court of Appeal held that an IECMS party-designation error should not defeat a valid appeal, and partially allowed WIC Ltd’s appeal on auctioned properties.

  • Appeal procedure
  • Arbitration award enforcement
  • Mistake in party designation
  • Interim measures
  • Execution of judgments
  • Appeal-procedure
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Civil procedure RC 00002/2023/HC/KIG

UWAYO v BHANJI ABDOULHAHIM

The High Court dismissed Uwayo Marie Aimee’s urgent application to lift an attachment on her property, holding there was no urgency while the debt dispute remained unresolved.

  • Interim measures
  • Attachment of property
  • Removal of attachment
  • Urgent applications
  • Execution of judgments
  • Civil-procedure
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Commercial law RCOMA 00527/2022/HCC

LETSHEGO RWANDA Ltd v. DUSABIMANA N’ UNDI

The Commercial High Court dismissed Letshego Rwanda Ltd’s appeal, finding no evidence that the respondents intended to dispose of immovable property to evade debt payment.

  • Interim measures
  • Injunctions
  • Secured transactions
  • Debt recovery
  • Interim-measures
  • Debt-recovery
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Civil procedure RCOM 00001/2022/CA

GAHIGA Marie Thérèse v GAHIGA Ange

The Court of Appeal granted interim relief and suspended enforcement of the exequatur judgment pending the outcome of the related substantive proceedings.

  • Exequatur of foreign judgments
  • Interim measures
  • Urgency in civil procedure
  • Enforcement of judgments
  • Exequatur
  • Interim-measures
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Commercial law RCOMA 0133/15/HCC

EQUITY BANK RWANDA Ltd v. RUTAYISIRE

The Commercial High Court partly allowed an appeal, suspending mortgage transfer of a house pending the main case and setting aside a refund of Frw 50,000 court fees.

  • Urgent applications
  • Interim measures
  • Mortgage enforcement
  • Standing to sue
  • Court fees
  • Urgent-applications
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Commercial law RCOMA 0133/15/HCC

EQUITY BANK RWANDA Ltd v. RUTAYISIRE

The Commercial High Court partly allowed an appeal, suspending transfer of a house as mortgage pending the main case and setting aside an order on procedural costs.

  • Urgent applications
  • Interim measures
  • Mortgage enforcement
  • Standing to sue
  • Procedural costs
  • Urgent-applications
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Arbitration RLR V.1 - 2015

KZ NOIR(R) Ltd v. KUBWIMANA et al.

The Commercial High Court held that a party may seek interim measures from court before or during arbitration, and that the claim’s content controls its characterization.

  • Interim measures
  • Jurisdiction
  • Subject matter determination
  • Procedure after annulment
  • Arbitration
  • Interim-measures
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Civil procedure RADA 0052/13/CS

NGABONZIZA NA MUGENZI WE v. MIRAVUMBA_109794_kn

The Supreme Court upheld a stay of execution over land-registration orders, finding it did not prejudice the merits of the pending main dispute.

  • Interim measures
  • Stay of execution
  • Land registration
  • Urgent applications
  • Stay-of-execution
  • Land-registration
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