Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2014

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

English translation of the principle

Ascertaining and understanding the facts of the action and interpreting contracts, instruments, and disputed terms. Within the authority of the trial court without review thereof by the Court of Cassation. The condition for this. It is not obliged to follow the litigants through the various aspects of their defences when it has based its judgment on sound grounds.
Arabic original
تحصيل وفهم الواقع في الدعوى وتفسير العقود والمحررات والشروط المختلف عليها. من سلطة محكمة الموضوع دون رقابة عليها من محكمة التمييز في ذلك. شرط ذلك. عدم التزامها بتتبع الخصوم في مناحي دفاعهم متى أقامت قضاءها على أسباب سائغة.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٥٥١/٢٠٠٦ تجاري جلسة ٢٦/٦/٢٠٠٧ مجلة القضاء والقانون - س ٣٥ ج ٢ ص ٢٦٤)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 10 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 377. PDF pages: 377.

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