Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3068

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

English translation of the principle

Ascertaining and understanding the facts, assessing the evidence, accepting what is found reliable and discarding the rest. Within the authority of the court of merits. The condition for this. It is not obliged to follow the litigants through their various statements and arguments and respond to each independently. An implicit response suffices. An example concerning rescission of sale and financing contracts upon discovery of a latent manufacturing defect in the car sold.
Arabic original
تحصيل فهم الواقع وتقدير الأدلة والأخذ بما يُطمأن إليه وإطراح ما عداه. من سلطة محكمة الموضوع. شرط ذلك. عدم التزامها بتتبع الخصوم في مختلف أقوالهم وحججهم والرد عليها استقلالا.ً كفاية الرد الضمني. مثال بشأن فسخ عقدي بيع وتمويل لاكتشاف عيب صناعي خفي بالسيارة المبيعة.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعنان ١٥٧، ١٢٥٠/٢٠٠٤ تجاري جلسة ١٥/١٠/٢٠٠٦ مج القسم الخامس - المجلد الثامن ص ٥٦٠)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 11 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. PDF pages: 598.

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