Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3769

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

English translation of the principle

Guarantee against bodily harm. Its financial burden falls on the direct actor. The direct actor. The person whose act, personally performed, itself brought about the damage and caused it without an intermediary between his act and the resulting damage. Example.
Arabic original
ضمان أذى النفس. غرمه على من باشره. المباشر. من يكون فعله الذي باشره بنفسه قد جلب بذاته الضرر وكان له سبباً دون واسطة بين فعله والضرر الناجم. مثال.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٤٢/٨٥ تجاري جلسة ٨/١/١٩٨٦ مج القسم الثاني - المجلد الثالث ص ٧٧٢)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 10 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 694. PDF pages: 694.

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