Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 445

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

English translation of the principle

Guaranteeing compensation for personal harm. Its financial burden falls on the person who directly inflicted it, in accordance with the provisions of Islamic Sharia and the contents of the Schedule of Diyahs. - The direct perpetrator in Islamic jurisprudence. His definition: the person whose act, personally performed by him, has itself brought about the damage and was its cause without an intermediary. Direct infliction differs from indirect causation.
Arabic original
ضمان أذى النفس. غرمه على من باشره وفقاً لأحكام الشرع الإسلامي وما يتضمنه جدول الديات. - المباشر في فقه الشريعة الإسلامية. تعريفه: من كان فعله الذي باشره بنفسه قد جلب بذاته الضرر وكان له سبباً دون واسطة. اختلاف المباشرة عن التسبب.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٢٧/٩٦ مدني جلسة ٥/١/١٩٩٨ مج القسم الرابع - المجلد الرابع ص ٨٣٨)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 11 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 92. PDF pages: 92.

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