Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2700

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

English translation of the principle

Litigation can arise only between living persons. A party's death before the action is brought. Effect. Non-existence of the litigation, extending to the remaining parties joined in an indivisible dispute. The challenged judgment's adherence to this view and its ruling that the litigation was non-existent because one of the deceased's heirs was joined despite his death before the action was brought. Correct.
Arabic original
الخصومة لا تقوم إلا بين أشخاص على قيد الحياة. وفاة الخصم قبل رفع الدعوى. أثره. انعدام الخصومة وانسحاب ذلك على باقي الخصوم المختصمين في نزاع لا يقبل التجزئة. التزام الحكم المطعون فيه هذا النظر وقضاؤه بانعدام الخصومة لاختصام أحد ورثة المتوفى لوفاته قبل رفع الدعوى. صحيح.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٤٧٠/٢٠٠٥ إداري جلسة ٢٩/١/٢٠٠٨ مجلة القضاء والقانون س٣٦ ج١ ص١١٣)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Two — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 518. PDF pages: 515.

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