Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 36

Criminal judgments in civil actions. They are subject to the provisions of the Law of Evidence concerning their binding authority. Its effect. Their binding authority is confined to the same parties. What matters is their identity in law, not physically. Its implication. A judgment against a representative in his representative capacity is binding on the principal, not the representative. - Ordering the second respondent, in his representative capacity, to pay provisional compensation as the person responsible for implementing the provisions on player safety. The termination of his representation of the club and the appellant’s replacement of him. Its implication. The latter’s obligation to pay compensation. The reason for this. Adherence to the binding authority of the criminal judgment concerning the establishment of fault by the club he represents.