Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4032

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

English translation of the principle

Inferring the fault giving rise to liability and the causal relationship between fault and damage is exclusively for the trial court. Condition thereof. That it state reasonable grounds leading to its conclusion. Example of a judgment vitiated by inadequacy and unsound inference for failing to scrutinize the appellant's defence that the cause of the accident was the driver's death while driving the car.
Arabic original
استخلاص الخطأ الموجب للمسئولية وعلاقة السببية بين الخطأ والضرر تستقل به محكمة الموضوع. شرط ذلك. أن تورد الأسباب السائغة المؤدية إلي ما تنتهي إليه. مثال لحكم معيب بالقصور والفساد في الاستدلال لعدم تمحيصه لدفاع الطاعن بأن سبب الحادث هو وفاة قائد السيارة أثناء قيادتها.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٤٩٤/١٩٩٦ تجاري جلسة ٤/١/١٩٩٨ مج القسم الرابع المجلد الرابع ص٧٨٣)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Two — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 747. PDF pages: 744.

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