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The Court of Appeal lacks jurisdiction to hear a second appeal in business reorganization matters where the subject matter cannot be valued in monetary terms. The debts owed or claimed are not the subject of the proceedings and cannot be used to establish jurisdiction. Therefore, the second appeal is inadmissible.
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The Court of Appeal dismissed FARAJA Hotel Ltd’s second appeal after finding the dispute could not be valued at the 75,000,000 Frw jurisdictional threshold.
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.
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The Supreme Court held that jurisdiction depends on the value of the claims as shown in the originating pleadings and later submissions, and dismissed COGEAR Ltd’s objection.
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