Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 363

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

English translation of the principle

The obligation of the person responsible for an unlawful act to compensate for damage, even if non-pecuniary, in its various manifestations. Article 231/1, 2 of the Civil Code. Reason therefor. - Compensation for non-pecuniary damage arising from death. Confined to spouses and relatives up to the second degree of the deceased. Cases short of death. Subject to the trial judge's assessment. Article 231/3 of the Civil Code. - 78 - Obligation
Arabic original
التزام المسئول عن العمل الغير مشروع بالتعويض عن الضرر ولو كان أدبياً وفي شتى مظاهره. م ٢٣١/١، ٢ مدني. علة ذلك. - التعويض عن الضرر الأدبي الناشئ عن الوفا ة. قصره على الأزواج والأقارب حتى الدرجة الثانية للمتوفي. ما دون الوفاة. خضوعه لتقدير قاضي الموضوع. م ٢٣١/ ٣ مدني. - ٧٨ - التزام
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٦٤٤/٢٠٠٣ تجاري جلسة ٥/٦/٢٠٠٤ مج القسم الخامس - المجلد الرابع ص ٤٨٠)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 11 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 78. PDF pages: 78.

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