Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2720

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

English translation of the principle

Cassation of a judgment in its entirety. Effect: its elimination, erasure of its res judicata effect, and lapse of the rights it established or created, so that after cassation the litigation and the parties return to their positions before issuance of the cassation judgment. - A cassation appeal directed against a judgment that has been quashed. Effect. It is directed against a non-existent subject matter, requiring termination of the litigation therein. Example.
Arabic original
تمييز الحكم تمييزاً كلياً. أثره: زواله ومحو حجيته وسقوط ماقرره أو رتبه من حقوق فتعود الخصومة و الخصوم بعد التمييز إلى ماكانت وكانوا عليه قبل إصدار حكم التمييز. - ورود الطعن بالتمييز على حكم تم تمييزه. أثره. وروده على غير محل بما يوجب انتهاء الخصومة فيه. مثال.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعنان ٨٢٤، ٩٨٢/٢٠٠٧ تجاري جلسة ٦/٥/٢٠٠٩ مجلة القضاء والقانون س٣٧ ج٢ ص١٣٣)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Two — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 522. PDF pages: 519.

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