Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1414

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

English translation of the principle

A person who was not personally a party to the litigation and against whom the judgment is binding may resist its invocation against him. The condition thereof. Proof of fraud, collusion, or gross negligence by his representative. - An indemnifier joined in the action so that judgment may be rendered against him for whatever may be awarded against the defendant in the original action—the party seeking indemnity—is a party and has an interest in the original litigation. The consequence thereof. He may raise whatever grounds of defence occur to him and challenge the judgment through the legally prescribed methods of challenge, and an objection by him to the judgment rendered based on the provisions of Article 158 of the Civil Procedure Law is inadmissible. The reason therefor. The objector must not have been joined or intervened in the action.
Arabic original
من لم يكن طرفاً في الخصومة بشخصه وكان الحكم حجة عليه أن يدفع هذا الاحتجاج عليه. شرط ذلك. ثبوت غش من كان يمثله أو تواطؤه أو إهماله الجسيم. - الضامن المدخل في الدعوى للقضاء عليه بما عسى أن يحكم به على المدعى عليه في الدعوى الأصلية- طالب الضمان- يعد طرفاً وذو شأن في خصومة الدعوى الأصلية. مؤدى ذلك. له أن يبدى ما يعن له من أوجه دفاع ويطعن على الحكم بطرق الطعن المقررة قانوناً ولا يقبل منه الاعتراض على الحكم الصادر استناداً إلى أحكام المادة ١٥٨ من قانون المرافعات. علة ذلك. وجوب ألا يكون المعترض قد أُدخل أو تدخل في الدعوى.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٠١١/٢٠٠٣ تجاري جلسة ٧/٢/٢٠٠٥ مج القسم الخامس المجلد السابع ص٢٠١)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Two — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 259. PDF pages: 256.

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