Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3638
State of Kuwait · Pleadings — Part Two · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office
English translation of the principle
Treating the incident as force majeure. Its condition: that it be impossible to foresee and impossible to avert. - Assessment of the existence of proof that force majeure is present. A substantive matter. 31- Its authority to determine the debt most burdensome to the debtor:-
Arabic original
اعتبار الحادث قوة قاهرة. شرطه: أن يكون من غير الممكن توقعه ومن المستحيل دفعه. - تقدير قيام الدليل على توافر القوة القاهرة. موضوعي. ٣١- سلطتها في تحديد الدين الأشد كلفة على المدين:-Original Arabic judgment citations
(الطعن ١٠٣/٢٠٠٧ تجاري جلسة ٩/١٠/٢٠٠٨ مجلة القضاء والقانون س٣٦ ج٣ ص٤٨)
Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Two — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 686. PDF pages: 683.
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