Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1613

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

English translation of the principle

Characterizing the act on which a claim for compensation is based as a fault, or denying that characterization. Within the authority of the court of merits. Subject therein to review by the Court of Cassation. - A judgment requiring the lessee to pay consideration for his use of the premises after the expiration of the lease. Compensation to the lessor for the lessee's occupation of the premises without legal basis. It is not suitable as compensation for his failure to execute the judgment issued against him requiring removal, at his expense, of the obstructions existing on the premises. The basis thereof: the difference in the fault, the nature of the damage, and the date of its occurrence in the two cases.
Arabic original
تكييف الفعل المؤسس عليه طلب التعويض بأنه خطأ أو نفي هذا الوصف عنه. من سلطة محكمة الموضوع. خضوعها في ذلك لرقابة محكمة التمييز. - القضاء بالزام المستأجر بمقابل انتفاعه بالعين بعد انقضاء عقد الإيجار. تعويض للمؤجر عن شغل المستأجر للعين دون سند. عدم صلاحيته تعويضاً عن إخلاله بتنفيذ الحكم الصادر ضده بإزالة الإشغالات الموجودة بالعين على نفقته. أساس ذلك: اختلاف الخطأ وماهية الضرر وتاريخ وقوعه في الحالتين.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٣٨٥/٢٠٠٧ مدني جلسة ٧/٦/٢٠١٠ مجلة القضاء والقانون - س ٣٨ ج ٢ ص ٣٢٦)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 10 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 319. PDF pages: 319.

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