Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4059

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

English translation of the principle

A litigant's maintaining a material defense. The court must address it, scrutinize it by all means, and express its opinion on it, affirmatively or negatively, with reasons sufficient to support it; otherwise its judgment is insufficiently reasoned. Example of insufficient reasoning.
Arabic original
تمسك أحد الخصوم بدفاع جوهري. وجوب أن تعرض له المحكمة وتمحصه بكل الوسائل وتبدي رأيها فيه إيجاباً أو سلباً بأسباب تكفي لحمله وإلا كان حكمها قاصراً. مثال لقصور.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٢٩٤/٢٠٠٩ أحوال شخصية جلسة ١٧/٦/٢٠١٠ مجلة القضاء والقانون س٣٨ ج٢ ص٣٦٢)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Two — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 752. PDF pages: 749.

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