Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1011

State of Kuwait · Civil Matters — Volume 11 · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office

English translation of the principle

A judgment dismissing the action. Its effect. Removal of its effect in interrupting limitation, which continues to run. There is no basis for invoking the institution of the civil action so long as this limitation period had expired before it was instituted. - The judgment's conclusion characterizing the action as one for compensation for an unlawful act and finding it barred by the lapse of 15 years from commission of the act. No defect. - Errors of law occurring in the judgment's reasons do not vitiate it. Its condition. The Court of Cassation may correct these reasons without quashing it.
Arabic original
الحكم برفض الدعوى. أثره. إزالة أثرها في قطع التقادم واستمراره في السريان. لا محل للتحدي بإقامة الدعوى المدنية. ما دام أن هذا التقادم قد اكتملت مدته قبل رفعها. - انتهاء الحكم إلى تكييف الدعوى بأنها تعويض عن العمل غير المشروع وسقوطها بمضي خمسة عشر سنة على وقوع الفعل. لا عيب. - لا يعيب الحكم ما يقع في أسبابه من أخطاء في القانون. شرطه. لمحكمة التمييز تصحيح هذه الأسباب دون تمييزه.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٧٦/١٩٩٩ مدني جلسة ٣١/١/٢٠٠٠ مج القسم الرابع - المجلد السادس ص ٤٩٤)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 11 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 197. PDF pages: 197.

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