Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 254

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

English translation of the principle

Procedural harm. Its nature. Frustrating the interest that the law intends to achieve through the formality or undermining - 49 - Procedure the safeguard that the formality provides for the litigant. - Achievement of the purpose that the law intended to achieve despite the formal irregularity negates harm.
Arabic original
الضرر الإجرائي. ماهيته. تفويت المصلحة التي يقصد القانون تحقيقها بالشكل أو إهدار - ٤٩ - المرافعات الضمانة التي يحققها الشكل للخصم. - تحقق الغاية التي قصد القانون تحقيقها رغم المخالفة الشكلية ينتفي معه الضرر.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٤٠/١٩٩٨ مدني جلسة ٢٢/٦/١٩٩٨ مج القسم الرابع المجلد الأول ص٤٥٠)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Two — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 49. PDF pages: 46–47.

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