Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 659

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

English translation of the principle

An arbitrators’ award is a judicial act of a special nature in which the award derives its authority from the agreement to submit it to arbitration. The effect thereof. Arbitration is confined to what the arbitrators intend to submit to the arbitrator, without application of the rule that the judge of the principal matter is the judge of the dispute.
Arabic original
حكم المحكمين عمل قضائي ذو طبيعة خاصة يستمد فيه الحكم ولايته من الاتفاق على تحكيمه. أثر ذلك. اقتصار التحكيم على ما تنصرف إرادة المحكمين إلى عرضه على المحكم وبلا انطباق لقاعدة قاضي الأصل هو قاضي النزاع.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٣٩/١٩٨٧ مدني جلسة ٢٢/٢/١٩٨٧ مج القسم الثاني المجلد الأول ص ٣١٢)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part One — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 481. PDF pages: 475.

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