Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1518

The judges who heard oral argument. Participation by others in rendering the judgment, whether by deliberating on it or signing its draft. Impermissible. An impediment affecting one of the judges who rendered the judgment, preventing him from attending the pronouncement hearing, and another taking his place. This must be stated in the judgment; otherwise it is void. - The expression 'the judges who rendered the judgment.' Its meaning. The judges who decided the action, not the judges who attended its reading. The criterion in this respect. The particulars stated in the judgment, supplemented by what appears in the hearing minutes.