Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 573

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

English translation of the principle

The direct perpetrator is liable even if he neither acted intentionally nor transgressed. The necessity of referring to Islamic jurisprudence to determine whether the damage occurred directly or through indirect causation. - The direct perpetrator. A person whose act, personally performed, itself brought about the damage and caused it without an intermediary. - The movement of a vehicle is the act of its driver. The effect. He is considered the direct perpetrator of every damage resulting from that movement’s direct involvement in causing it.
Arabic original
المباشر ضامن ولو لم يتعمد أو يتعد. وجوب الرجوع للفقه الإسلامي لبيان ما إذا كان الضرر قد حدث مباشرةً أو تسبباً. - المباشر. هو من يكون فعله الذي باشره بنفسه قد جلب بذاته الضرر وكان له سبباً بدون واسطة. - حركة السيارة من فعل قائدها. أثر ذلك. أنه يُعد مبُاشراً لكل ضرر ينجم عن تدخل تلك الحركة في إحداثه تدخلاً مباشراً.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٣١٧/٢٠٠٠ مدني جلسة ٢٥/٦/٢٠٠١ مج القسم الرابع - المجلد الرابع ص ٨٥٣)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 11 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 116. PDF pages: 116.

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