Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 230

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

English translation of the principle

Assessing the existence or absence of malicious intent, intent to cause harm and lack of deliberation in reporting. Matters of fact which the court of merits alone infers from what is submitted to it in the action, from indications and evidence, and from the presumptions it discerns; it may adopt what it finds reliable and discard the rest without review thereof, and assess whether damage and compensation making it good are established or absent. The condition for this.
Arabic original
تقدير توافر قصد السوء والإضرار وعدم التروي في الإبلاغ أو نفيه. من مسائل الواقع التي تنفرد محكمة الموضوع باستخلاصها مما يقدم إليها في الدعوى ومن الدلائل والبينات وما تستظهره من قرائن ولها أن تأخذ بما تطمئن إليه وتطرح ما عداه بغير معقب عليها وتقدير تحقق الضرر والتعويض الجابر له أو نفي ذلك. شرط ذلك.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٤٧٧/٢٠٠٨ مدني جلسة ٢١/١/٢٠٠٩ مجلة القضاء والقانون - س ٣٧ ج ١ ص ٣٤٠)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 11 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 54. PDF pages: 54.

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