Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1538

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

English translation of the principle

The judge's prior expression of an opinion in the same dispute before him or in previous litigation between the same parties such that the pending case constitutes a continuation thereof. A ground of disqualification. A difference in the dispute or the parties. Cannot constitute a ground of disqualification, even if the subject matter of the litigation in the two actions is similar or some of the parties are identical. Article 102, Civil Procedure. Example.
Arabic original
سبق إبداء القاضي رأياً في ذات النزاع المعروض عليه أو في خصومة سابقة ترددت بين نفس الخصوم بحيث تعد القضية المطروحة استمراراً لها. من أسباب عدم الصلاحية. اختلاف النزاع أو الخصوم. لا يصلح أن يكون سبباً لعدم الصلاحية ولو تشابه موضوع الخصومة في الدعويين أو اتحد بعض الخصوم فيها. م ١٠٢ مرافعات. مثال.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٨٥٩/٢٠٠٧ تجاري جلسة ٢٨/٣/٢٠١٠ مجلة القضاء والقانون س ٣٨ ج ١ ص ٢٤٤)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part One — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 668. PDF pages: 662.

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