Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2737

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

English translation of the principle

The claimant is free to determine the scope of the litigation as regards its parties. Condition: the law must not have required particular persons to be joined in the action. - Treating an heir as a litigant on behalf of the remaining heirs or the estate. Condition: he must have sued or been sued seeking a judgment in favour of the estate for a right belonging to it, or a judgment must have been sought against him imposing upon the estate itself a right owed by it. Example.
Arabic original
للمدعى حرية تحديد نطاق الخصومة من حيث أطرافها. شرطه: أن لا يكون القانون قد أوجب اختصام أشخاص معينين في الدعوى. - اعتبار الوارث خصماً عن باقي الورثة أو عن التركة. شرطه: أن يكون قد خاصم أو خوصم بطلب الحكم للتركة بحق لها أو مطلوباً في مواجهته الحكم على التركة نفسها بحق عليها. مثال.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٥٧٨/٢٠٠٩ مدني جلسة ١٣/١٠/٢٠١٠ مجلة القضاء والقانون س٣٨ ج٣ ص٢٠٩)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Two — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 526. PDF pages: 523.

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