Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1160

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

English translation of the principle

Investigating the correct legal rule applicable to the relationship between the parties to the compensation action. A duty of the court of merits, without this being considered a change by it to the cause of action or its subject matter. The reason therefor. - The injured party's right to compensation for the harm he sustained. It is the direct cause of the compensation action, whatever the nature of the liability upon which the injured party relied or the legal provision upon which he relied.
Arabic original
تقصي الحكم القانوني الصحيح المنطبق على العلاقة بين طرفي دعوى التعويض. واجب على محكمة الموضوع دون أن يُعد ذلك منها تغييراً لسبب الدعوى أو موضوعها. علة ذلك. - حق المضرور في التعويض عما أصابه من ضرر. هو السبب المباشر لدعوى التعويض مهما كانت طبيعة المسئولية التي استند إليها المضرور أو النص القانوني الذي اعتمد عليه.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٣٤٢/٢٠٠٤ عمالي جلسة ١٣/٣/٢٠٠٦ مج القسم الخامس المجلد السابع ص١٦٩)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Two — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 218. PDF pages: 215.

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