Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 441

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

English translation of the principle

Assessment of the evidence and documents in the action and identification of the provisions of foreign law applicable to the facts. Within the authority of the court of merits. The condition for this. Example. - The applicable law containing no provision concerning the divorced woman's consolatory payment. Its effect: recourse must be had to the rules of the Hanafi school in this regard.
Arabic original
تقدير أدلة الدعوى ومستنداتها واستخلاص النصوص الواجبة التطبيق في القانون الأجنبي على الواقعة. من سلطة محكمة الموضوع. شرط ذلك. مثال. - خلو القانون الواجب التطبيق من نص في شأن متعة المطلقة. مؤداه: وجوب الرجوع إلى أحكام المذهب الحنفي في هذا الشأن.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٥٥/٢٠٠٥ أحوال جلسة ١٤/٥/٢٠٠٦ مجلة القضاء والقانون س ٣٤ ج ٢ ص ٣٠١)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part One — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 431. PDF pages: 425.

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