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Civil procedure RLR V.1-2018

WALTER RAFFO v. MUNYAMPIRWA_en

The Supreme Court held that a foreign death certificate used only as evidence does not need exequatur in Rwanda, and overruled the admissibility objection.

  • Exequatur of foreign documents
  • Admissibility of foreign evidence
  • Shareholder disputes
  • Enforcement of foreign judgments
  • Exequatur
  • Foreign-evidence
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Private international law RLR V.1-2018

WALTER RAFFO v. MUNYAMPIRWA_kn

The Supreme Court held that a foreign death certificate need not be recognized through exequatur before being used as evidence in Rwandan court proceedings.

  • Recognition of foreign judgments
  • Exequatur
  • Shareholder disputes
  • Death certificate admissibility
  • Recognition-of-foreign-judgments
  • Civil-procedure
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Commercial law RCOMAA 0033/14/CS

RUSAGARA v. MUKAKIGERI

The Supreme Court held that a loan used to buy equipment for a company was commercial in nature, so the Commercial Courts had jurisdiction and the appeal was not admitted.

  • Jurisdiction of commercial courts
  • Commercial contracts
  • Loan agreements
  • Shareholder disputes
  • Commercial-jurisdiction
  • Commercial-contracts
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