Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 440

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

English translation of the principle

Liability for personal injury. Its burden falls on its direct perpetrator. The direct perpetrator: the person whose act, personally performed, has itself brought about the damage and caused it without an intermediary between their act and the resulting damage.
Arabic original
ضمان أذى النفس. غرُمه على من باشره. المباشر: من يكون فعله الذي باشره بنفسه قد جلب بذاته الضرر وكان له سبباً دون واسطة بين فعله والضرر الناجم.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٦٩/٩٥ تجاري جلسة ٢٧/١٠/١٩٩٦ مج القسم الثالث - المجلد الثالث ص ١٠٠٨)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 11 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 91. PDF pages: 91.

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