Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4149

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

English translation of the principle

Nullity of proceedings owing to one litigant’s lack of standing or invalid representation in the action. Does not concern public policy. Its implication: the court does not address it of its own motion, and raising this plea before the Court of Cassation for the first time is impermissible unless it was submitted to the Court of Appeal. - The appellant’s plea before the court of first instance that the action was inadmissible because it was brought against a person without standing, on the basis that his daughter had not been joined as a party. His joining her before the same court without raising this plea in his statement of appeal. Its implication: this plea may not be raised before the Court of Cassation. - Interest in the plea:-
Arabic original
بطلان الإجراءات لانعدام صفة أحد الخصوم أو عدم صحة تمثيله في الدعوى. لا يتعلق بالنظام العام. مؤدى ذلك: المحكمة لا تتصدى له من تلقاء نفسها، وإثارة هذا الدفع أمام محكمة التمييز لأول مرة غير جائز ما لم يكن مطروحاً على محكمة الاستئناف. - دفع الطاعن أمام محكمة أول درجة بعدم قبول الدعوى لرفعها على غير ذي صفة تأسيساً على عدم اختصام ابنته. اختصامه إياها أمام ذات المحكمة دون إبداء هذا الدفع بصحيفة استئنافه. مؤداه: عدم جواز إثارة هذا الدفع أمام التمييز. - المصلحة في الدفع:-
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٨٦/٢٠٠٥ أحوال شخصية جلسة ١٤/١/٢٠٠٧ مجلة القضاء والقانون س٣٥ ج١ ص٢٨٧)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Two — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 769. PDF pages: 766.

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