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Civil law RCAA 00003/2023/CA

ZIMURINDA v. MUSABYIMANA N’ABANDI

The Court of Appeal gave full effect to a settlement signed by all parties on 7 November 2025, terminating the appeal and ordering compliance with the agreed terms.

  • Inheritance
  • Partition of property
  • Settlement agreements
  • Enforcement of settlement
  • Settlement-agreements
  • Land-partition
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Civil law RCAA 00020/2022/CA

UWAMWEZI v UWAMAHORO

The Court of Appeal held that a settlement agreement signed by the parties and the recorded payment resolved the property dispute and terminated the appeal.

  • Settlement agreement
  • Property rights
  • Mediation
  • Enforcement of agreements
  • Settlement-agreement
  • Property-rights
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Intellectual property RLR V.1-2025

HABYARIMANA v MTN RWANDACELL LTD (2)

The Supreme Court approved a mediated settlement on compensation in a copyright dispute over the fictional characters Kanyombya and Sekaganda.

  • Copyright infringement
  • Mediation
  • Legal standing
  • Settlement agreements
  • Copyright-infringement
  • Settlement-agreements
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Civil procedure RLR V.1-2025

RUTAZIBWA v MUKANDUTIYE ET AL.

The Supreme Court approved a mediation agreement in a review application over succession and land registration, and ordered the case closed without further procedure.

  • Mediation
  • Enforcement of mediation agreements
  • Succession of property
  • Land registration
  • Review of judgments
  • Enforcement-of-mediation-agreements
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Succession RLR V.1-2025

RUTAZIBWA v MUKANDUTIYE N’ABANDI

The Supreme Court confirmed and enforced a mediated settlement resolving a succession dispute over estate land, ending the case without further proceedings.

  • Inheritance
  • Distribution of estate
  • Mediation
  • Execution of mediated settlement
  • Succession
  • Inheritance-disputes
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Administrative law RLR V. 2-2023

Re BIZIMANA

The court held that the mediation agreement signed by both parties and the mediator outside court resolved all issues in dispute and, pursuant to Article 241 of Law No 22/2018, must be enforced as written, thereby concluding the case without further proceedings.

  • Mediation
  • Enforcement of settlement agreements
  • Land rights
  • Procedural law
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Administrative law RLR V. 2-2023

Re BIZIMANA

The Supreme Court approved a mediated settlement between Bizimana Jacques and the City of Kigali and held that the signed agreement must be enforced.

  • Judgment review
  • Settlement agreement
  • Mediation
  • Enforcement order
  • Settlement-agreement
  • Enforcement-order
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Administrative law RLR V.2-2023

Re BIZIMANA

The Supreme Court approved a settlement reached in mediation and held it must be enforced as signed, bringing the administrative dispute to an end.

  • Execution of judgment
  • Enforcement order
  • Settlement agreement
  • Mediation
  • Unilateral application
  • Administrative-law
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Administrative law RLR V.2-2023

Re BIZIMANA

The mediation agreement of 17/06/2022, signed by both parties and the mediator, resolves all issues submitted to the court, and under Article 241 of Law No 22/2018, such an agreement is binding and concludes the case without further proceedings.

  • Mediation
  • Enforcement of settlement agreements
  • Administrative procedure
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