Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1511

The judges who participated in deliberating on the judgment. They must attend its reading. Failure to state the names of the judges who heard the oral argument, participated in the judgment, and attended its pronouncement. Its consequence. Nullity of the judgment. An impediment occurring to one of the judges that prevented him from attending the hearing for pronouncement of the judgment. This must be recorded in the judgment. The judgment’s omission of this statement. Its consequence: nullity of the judgment. This nullity relates to public policy. - The expression ‘the judges who issued the judgment.’ Its meaning: the judges who decided the action, not those who attended its reading. The criterion in this respect. The particulars recorded in the judgment and the hearing minutes.