Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3405

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

English translation of the principle

Determining whether the damage occurred directly or through indirect causation. Its reference is Islamic jurisprudence. - The direct actor in Islamic jurisprudence. Who he is. A person whose act, which he personally performed, itself brought about the damage and caused it without an intermediary. - 628 - Obligation - Indirect causation. Its meaning. That which was a cause of the matter but did not bring it about by itself.
Arabic original
بيان ما إذاكان الضرر قد حدث مباشرة أو تسبباً. مرجعه الفقه الإسلامي. - المباشر في الفقه الإسلامي. ماهيته. من يكون فعله الذي باشره بنفسه قد جلب بذاته الضرر وكان له سبباً دون واسطة. - ٦٢٨ - التزام - التسبب. ماهيته. ما كان علة للأمر ولكنه لم يحصل بذاته.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٦/٩٨ مدني جلسة ١٦/١٠/٢٠٠٠ مج القسم الرابع - المجلد السادس ص ٤١٩)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 10 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 628. PDF pages: 628–629.

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