Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2341

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

English translation of the principle

The judge of merits may reduce an onerous obligation to a reasonable level where this is attributable to exceptional circumstances. Basis thereof. - Assessment of whether performance of the obligation is onerous or not. A matter of merits. - The criterion for considering whether the exceptional event was foreseeable or not. It is the ordinary-person standard.
Arabic original
لقاضي الموضوع أن يرد الالتزام المرهق إلى الحد المعقول. متى كان ذلك مرده ظروف استثنائية. أساس ذلك. - تقدير ما إذا كان تنفيذ الالتزام مرهقاً من عدمه. موضوعي. - المعيار في اعتبار ما إذا كان الحادث الاستثنائي متوقعاً من عدمه. هو معيار الشخص العادي.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٦٩/٩٧ تجاري جلسة ٩/٢/١٩٩٨ مج القسم الرابع - المجلد الخامس ص ٣٠٧)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 10 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 434. PDF pages: 434.

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