Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3578

The binding effect of a criminal judgment before the civil court. Extends only to facts necessarily determined concerning the act constituting the common basis. Between the criminal and civil actions, and to the legal characterization of that act and its attribution to its perpetrator. Example of absence of the common-basis condition: acquittal of the custodian or his subordinate does not bind the civil judge. Rationale. Fault in liability for things is presumed, whereas fault in a criminal action must be proved.