Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3602

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

English translation of the principle

The binding force of an acquittal founded on the absence of criminal fault on the subordinate's part. It has no effect before the civil judge in his examination of the superior's civil liability arising from custody of the thing itself.
Arabic original
حجية حكم البراءة المؤسس على عدم توافر الخطأ الجنائي في حق التابع. لا أثر له أمام القاضي المدني في بحثه في المسئولية المدنية للمتبوع الناشئة عن حراسة الشيء ذاته.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٤٠/٢٠٠٢ مدني جلسة ١٣/١/٢٠٠٣ مج القسم الخامس - المجلد الحادي عشر ص ١١٦)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 10 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 663. PDF pages: 663.

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