Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3229

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

English translation of the principle

Nullity of a procedural act. Its cases. Nullity is not to be adjudged, notwithstanding express provision for it, if the procedural act causes no harm to the litigant. Relevant harm. Its nature. Fulfilment of the purpose of the procedural act despite the formal violation. Its implication. Realization of the interest intended to be protected, with absence of harm. - The judgment’s inference from the papers that the purpose of the procedural act was fulfilled and that harm was absent, and its refusal to adjudge the service procedures void. Correct.
Arabic original
بطلان الإجراء. حالاته. عدم الحكم بالبطلان رغم النص عليه إذا لم يترتب على الإجراء ضرر للخصم. الضرر المعتبر. ماهيته. تحقق الغاية من الإجراء رغم حصول المخالفة الشكلية. مفاده. تحقق المصلحة المقصود صيانتها مع انتفاء الضرر. - استخلاص الحكم من الأوراق تحقق الغاية من الإجراء وانتفاء الضرر وعدم الحكم ببطلان إجراءات الإعلان. صحيح.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٨٦/١٩٩٧ مدني جلسة ٢٠/١/١٩٩٨ مج القسم الرابع المجلد الثاني ص٢٧٠)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Two — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 616. PDF pages: 613.

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