Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 718

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

English translation of the principle

Arbitration is a judicial act of a special nature. Its meaning and effect. The proposition that the judge of the principal matter is the judge of the ancillary matter is not to be stated without qualification in relation to it. - Agreement to arbitrate a dispute concerning a particular contract. Its implication. It does not extend to another contract, even if connected with it and between the same litigants. The indivisibility of that connection because its adjudication admits of only one solution. Its effect. The courts have jurisdiction to hear both actions. Example.
Arabic original
التحكيم عمل قضائي ذو طبيعة خاصة. ماهية ذلك وأثره. عدم إطلاق القول في خصوصه بأن قاضي الأصل هو قاضي الفرع. - الاتفاق على التحكيم في شأن النزاع حول عقد معين. مؤداه. عدم امتداده إلى عقد آخر ولو كان مرتبطاً به وبين نفس الخصوم. عدم قابلية ذلك الارتباط للتجزئة لكون الفصل فيه لا يحتمل غير حلٍ واحد. أثره. اختصاص المحاكم بنظر الدعويين. مثال.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعنان ٢٠، ٢١/٢٠٠٢ تجاري جلسة ٢٦/١١/٢٠٠٥ مج القسم الخامس المجلد الثاني ص ٣٢١)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part One — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 495. PDF pages: 489.

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