Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1519

The draft judgment. It must be signed by all members of the panel that issued it. Failure to do so. Its effect. Nullity of the judgment. This is not averted by signing the sheet containing only the operative part or a portion thereof where it is separate from the remaining sheets containing its reasons. The last sheet containing part of the reasons connected to the operative part of the judgment and bearing the signatures of all the judges who issued it. No nullity. The reason for this. - Nullity of the judgment arising from the judges’ failure to sign the draft judgment. Its connection with public policy. Its consequence. It need not be raised in the petition for cassation, and the Public Prosecution may raise it at any time, and the court may rule on it of its own motion. Example of the nullity of a judgment because the judges who issued it signed the operative part without its reasons or any portion thereof. - 663 - Civil Procedure