Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2581

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

English translation of the principle

The defense that the period prescribed by law for bringing the action has expired. A substantive defense of inadmissibility concerning the right to bring the action as a right separate from the right for whose protection it was brought. Its lack of connection to public policy. Does not preclude invoking it even for the first time before the appellate court. Reason thereof. Article 452 Civil Code.
Arabic original
الدفع بانقضاء المدة المحددة في القانون لرفع الدعوى. دفع موضوعي بعدم قبولها يدور حول الحق في رفع الدعوى باعتباره حقاً منفصلاً عن الحق الذي رفعت لحمايته. عدم تعلقه بالنظام العام. غير مانع من التمسك به ولو لأول مرة أمام المحكمة الاستئنافية. علة ذلك. م٤٥٢ مدني.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٢٣/٢٠٠٨ تجاري جلسة ١٥/١/٢٠٠٩ مجلة القضاء والقانون - س٣٧ ج١ ص ٢٨٨)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 11 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 497. PDF pages: 497.

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