Rwanda Case Law

UWIMANA v. LIN HAI QIAO LIN

Court

High Court

Case number

RCA 0076/14/HC/KIG

The principal debt alone did not meet the jurisdictional threshold for the Intermediate Court, and moral damages and counsel fees not included in the contract could not be added to the value of the subject matter. Therefore, the Intermediate Court lacked jurisdiction, and the case must be submitted to the competent Primary Court.

Source excerpt

• Court jurisdiction
• Subject matter jurisdiction
• Valuation of claims
• Inclusion of damages and fees in claim value

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MURASHI ET AL v. COGEAR Ltd

Court

Supreme Court

Case number

RCAA 0064/12/CS

The Supreme Court rejected COGEAR Ltd’s objection that the appeal was below the jurisdictional threshold, holding that later submissions and hearing claims count.

• Jurisdiction
• Subject matter jurisdiction
• Lease disputes
• Damages
• Appeal procedure
• Subject-matter-jurisdiction

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