Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1104

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

English translation of the principle

Characterizing the relationship governing the two parties to the action from its facts and without being bound by the description the parties give it. Within the trial court's authority. - The court's reliance on a criminal judgment rendered in another action, not as a judgment possessing res judicata effect but as an evidentiary inference. No impediment.
Arabic original
تكييف العلاقة التي تحكم طرفي الدعوى من وقائعها ودون التقيد بالوصف الذي يخلعه عليها الخصوم. من سلطة محكمة الموضوع. - استدلال المحكمة بالحكم الجزائي الصادر في دعوى أخرى ليس باعتباره حكماً له حجية وإنما كقرينة. لا مانع.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٢٦/٢٠٠٥ تجاري جلسة ١٤/٥/٢٠٠٦ مج القسم الخامس المجلد السابع ص١٦٢)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Two — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 209. PDF pages: 206.

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