Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 137
State of Kuwait · Pleadings — Part Two · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office
English translation of the principle
No person may be joined to the proceedings unless that person could have been made a party at their commencement. The condition: a connection between the claim directed against that person and the original claim on which the action was brought. Assessment of the existence of this connection and of grounds for joining others to the action. A matter of fact, provided it is reasonable. Example of a reasonable inference negating the existence of grounds for joining the 2 respondents to the action. - 28 - Procedure 5- Judicial demand:-
Arabic original
عدم جواز إدخال أحد في الخصومة إلا من كان يمكن اختصامه عند بدئها. شرط ذلك: وجود ارتباط بين الطلب الذي يوجه إليه وبين الطلب الأصلي المرفوع به الدعوى. تقدير توافر هذا الارتباط وقيام الموجب لإدخال آخرين في الدعوى. موضوعي مادام سائغاً. مثال لاستخلاص سائغ لنفي قيام الموجب لإدخال المطعون ضدهما في الدعوى. - ٢٨ - المرافعات ٥- المطالبة القضائية:-Original Arabic judgment citations
(الطعن ١٢٤٩/٢٠٠٧ تجاري جلسة ١٧/٢/٢٠٠٩ مجلة القضاء والقانون س٣٧ ج١ ص١٩٢)
Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Two — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 28. PDF pages: 25.
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