Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 350

The draft judgment containing its reasons must be deposited bearing the signatures of all members of the panel that issued it. Failure to do so. Its effect. Nullity of the judgment. Their signatures on the sheet containing only the operative part or a portion thereof do not suffice in place of this procedure where that sheet is separate from the remaining sheets containing its reasons. The reasons being written on separate sheets, the last of which contains a portion of those reasons followed by the operative part of the judgment and bears the signatures of all the judges who issued it. The signature on that final sheet is deemed a signature of both the operative part and the reasons, fulfilling the legislature's purpose. The plea concerning this relates to public policy. It need not be raised in the cassation appeal petition. The Public Prosecution may raise it at any time during consideration of the appeal against the judgment, and the court may rule upon it of its own motion. - The panel that issued the challenged judgment signing its final sheet, which contains only the operative part and does not contain any portion of the reasons underlying its decision. Its effect. Nullity of the judgment, requiring its cassation. - 68 - Civil Procedure 30- Remittal to the first instance:-