Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2557

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

English translation of the principle

Inferring the injured party's knowledge of the occurrence of the damage and the identity of its perpetrator. Within the authority of the court of merits. The knowledge with which the time-bar period begins. What is meant: actual knowledge of the occurrence of the damage and of the person responsible for it. Knowledge of one does not dispense with knowledge of the other. The presumption is absence of knowledge. Proof of knowledge. It rests on the party invoking the time bar.
Arabic original
استخلاص علم المضرور بحدوث الضرر وشخص محدثه. من سلطة محكمة الموضوع. العلم الذي تبدأ به مدة السقوط. المراد به: العلم الحقيقي بوقوع الضرر وبالشخص المسئول عنه. العلم بأحدهما لا يغني عن العلم بالآخر.الأصل عدم العلم. إثبات العلم. على المتمسك بالسقوط.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٢٠/١٩٩٠ تجاري جلسة ٢٧/١/١٩٩٢ مج القسم الثالث المجلد الثاني ص٨٩٣)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Two — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 485. PDF pages: 482.

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