Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1447

State of Kuwait · Civil Matters — Volume 10 · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office

English translation of the principle

Assessing whether a contracting party is proven to have laboured under a mistake or not, and inferring the elements of fraudulent misrepresentation. Matters of fact independently determined by the trial judge.
Arabic original
تقدير ثبوت وقوع المتعاقد في الغلط أو نفيه واستخلاص عناصر التدليس. واقع يستقل به قاضي الموضوع.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٢٥٣/٨٦ تجاري جلسة ٢٢/٤/١٩٨٧ مج القسم الثاني - المجلد الثالث ص ٢٢٠)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 10 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 294. PDF pages: 294.

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