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Civil procedure RC00002/2024/SC

Re TUYISHIME

The Supreme Court held that Tuyishime Samuel lacked standing to seek resolution of conflicting judgments over family property while his mother remained alive.

  • Locus standi
  • Succession rights
  • Conflicting judgments
  • Powers of heirs
  • Locus-standi
  • Conflicting-judgments
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Civil procedure RC 00002/2024/SC

TUYISHIME v TWAGIRAMUNGU N’ABANDI

The Supreme Court held that Tuyishime Samuel lacked standing to challenge conflicting judgments over his late father’s property while the surviving spouse remained alive.

  • Locus standi
  • Succession rights
  • Matrimonial property
  • Conflicting judgments
  • Legal representation
  • Locus-standi
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Civil procedure RCAA 00004/2022/CA

NSHIMIYIMANA v. KATABOGAMA n’abandi

The Court of Appeal held that a child had no legal interest to intervene over property still registered in living parents’ names, and dismissed the appeal.

  • Locus standi
  • Interest in suit
  • Division of matrimonial property
  • Gifts to children
  • Execution of judgments
  • Locus-standi
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Civil procedure RS/INJUST/RC 00007/2020/CA

Abiyita abazungura ba Nakabonye v Bugingo

The Court of Appeal held that a claim filed in the name of a deceased person is inadmissible because the deceased lacked legal personality and capacity.

  • Locus standi
  • Legal personality after death
  • Admissibility of claims by deceased persons
  • Locus-standi
  • Legal-personality
  • Civil-procedure
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Commercial law RCOMA 0037/15/HCC

RWANDA RUDNIKI Ltd v. COGEBANQUE et al.

The Commercial High Court upheld dismissal of Rwanda Rudniki Ltd's appeal, finding preliminary objections may be considered in urgent applications and that its representative lacked standing.

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