Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 757

Assessment of experts' opinions and determination of objections directed against their reports. Within the authority of the court of merits. Its failure to respond to those objections. Its implication. - The court of merits may reach a conclusive finding on what the expert did not conclusively determine in his report. The condition for this. Challenging the judgment for relying on the forensic laboratory report, which considered it likely that the fire in the apartment resulted from the deliberate ignition of petrol by a direct flame through a person's act in the bedroom. Unfounded. - The expert's report does not in itself constitute evidence attributing the accusation to the accused. It may serve as evidence corroborating other evidence. The appellant's contention that the analytical chemistry report contains nothing indicating that she was the person who placed the petrol in the room. A dispute over the probative force of this report and the forensic laboratory report as 2 items of evidence supplementing the other evidence and presumptions relied upon, and mere argument over the assessment of that evidence. Impermissible.