Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1299

State of Kuwait · Administrative Law · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office

English translation of the principle

Invoking a ground relating to public policy for the first time before the Court of Cassation. Its condition. It must be established that all the elements enabling the court of merits, of its own motion, to comprehend and adjudicate the action on that basis were before it. An example concerning a plea of lack of subject-matter jurisdiction before the Court of Cassation without the appellant having submitted the contract before the court of merits.
Arabic original
التمسك بسبب يتعلق بالنظام العام لأول مرة أمام محكمة التمييز. شرطه. ثبوت أنه كان تحت نظر محكمة الموضوع جميع العناصر التي تمكنها من تلقاء نفسها من الإلمام والحكم في الدعوى على موجبه. مثال بشأن الدفع بعدم الاختصاص النوعي أمام محكمة التمييز دون أن تكون الطاعنة قد قدمت العقد أمام محكمة الموضوع.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعنان ٢٣٣، ٢٤٦/١٩٩٥ تجاري جلسة ٥/٢/١٩٩٦ القسم الثالث المجلد الأول ص٣٩٠)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Administrative Law — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 377. PDF pages: 374.

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