Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3506

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

English translation of the principle

The trial judge's characterisation of the relationship governing the parties to the action. The decisive consideration therein. What emerges from the facts presented to him, without being bound by the characterisation the litigants assign to it. - Assessment of the justifications for rescission of the contract and the sufficiency or insufficiency of its grounds, and determination of the party at fault therein or negation of fault on its part. A matter of fact within the exclusive authority of the court of merits without review. Its condition is reliance on sound reasons.
Arabic original
تكييف قاضي الموضوع للعلاقة التي تحكم طرفي الدعوى. العبرة فيه. بما يتبين من الوقائع المطروحة عليه دون التقييد بالوصف الذي يخلعه عليها الخصوم. - تقدير مبررات فسخ العقد وكفاية أسبابه أو عدم كفايتها وتحديد الجانب المقصر فيه أو نفي التقصير عنه. واقع تستقل به محكمة الموضوع دون معقب. شرطه استنادها إلى أسباب سائغة.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٢٧٤/١٩٩٩ مدني جلسة ٢٥/١٢/٢٠٠٠ مج القسم الرابع المجلد السادس ص١٦٤)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Two — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 666. PDF pages: 663.

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