Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3618

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

English translation of the principle

The court of merits is not obliged to respond to any defence or plea not presented to it in an unequivocal form that reaches the court's hearing and indicates its proponent's insistence upon it. An example.
Arabic original
محكمة الموضوع غير ملزمة بالرد على أي دفاع أو دفع لم يقدم إليها في صيغة جازمة تقرع سمع المحكمة وتدل على تصميم صاحبه عليه. مثال.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٢٧٣/١٩٩٩ تجاري جلسة ٨/٤/٢٠٠٠ مج القسم الرابع المجلد السادس ص١٨٦)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Two — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 683. PDF pages: 680.

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