Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1499

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

English translation of the principle

Fraud on which a petition for reconsideration is based. It is fraud whose circumstances remained concealed from the opposing party throughout the hearing of the action - 302 - Obligation such that he had no opportunity to present his defence concerning it and clarify its true nature to the court, and the judgment was influenced by it. Matters addressed in the litigation and debated between its parties, on the basis of which the court preferred one party’s account over the other’s and ruled in his favour, being convinced by his proof. A petition for reconsideration in respect thereof is not permissible.
Arabic original
الغش الذي ينبني عليه التماس إعادة النظر. هو ما كان حاله خافياً على الخصم طيلة نظر الدعوى - ٣٠٢ - التزام بحيث لم تتح له الفرصة لتقديم دفاعه فيه وتنوير حقيقته للمحكمة فتأثر به الحكم. ما تناولته الخصومة وكان محل أخذ ورد بين طرفيها وعلى أساس رجحت المحكمة قول طرف على آخر وحكمت له اقتناعاً منها ببرهانه. عدم جواز التماس إعادة النظر فيه.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٩٣٨/٢٠٠٦ مدني جلسة ٢/٤/٢٠٠٨ مجلة القضاء والقانون - س ٣٦ ج ٢ ص ٣١٩)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 10 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 302. PDF pages: 302–303.

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