Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1273

State of Kuwait · Pleadings — Part One · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office

English translation of the principle

An appeal transfers the action in its existing state and the entire subject matter of the dispute and resubmits it to the Court of Appeal with its legal grounds and factual evidence, within the limits of what has been appealed. The Court of Appeal may not address a new subject matter that was not presented to the court of first instance and was not among the claims before it. Example.
Arabic original
الاستئناف ينقل الدعوى بحالتها وموضوع النزاع برمته وإعادة طرحه على محكمة الاستئناف مع أسانيده القانونية وأدلته الواقعية في حدود ما تم استئنافه. عدم جواز تصدى محكمة الاستئناف لموضوع جديد لم يعرض على محكمة أول درجة ولم يكن ضمن الطلبات فيها. مثال.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٢١٨/٢٠٠٥ إداري جلسة ١٦/٥/٢٠٠٦ مج القسم الخامس المجلد العاشر ص ٥٢٧)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part One — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 617. PDF pages: 611.

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