Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4189

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

English translation of the principle

Nullity of the statement of appeal for failing to state the capacities of the litigants. Relative. It may be invoked only by the person for whose benefit it was prescribed. A litigant who has been properly joined may not invoke the nullity of service upon another, even if the subject matter of the action is indivisible. The reason therefor. A plea of nullity of the statement of appeal raised by someone other than the person for whose benefit nullity was prescribed. Failure to respond to it expressly. No defect. Admission of the appeal includes an implicit response to it. - 774 - Civil Procedure
Arabic original
بطلان صحيفة الاستئناف لخلوها من بيان صفة الخصوم. نسبي. التمسك به لا يكون إلا لمن شرع لمصلحته. من صح اختصامه من الخصوم لا يجوز له التمسك ببطلان إعلان غيره حتى ولو كان موضوع الدعوى غير قابل للتجزئة. علة ذلك. الدفع ببطلان صحيفة الاستئناف المبدى من غير من شرع البطلان لمصلحته. إغفال الرد عليه صراحة. لا عيب. قبول الاستئناف يتضمن الرد الضمني عليه. - ٧٧٤ - المرافعات
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٩/١٩٨٥ أحوال شخصية جلسة ١٠/٦/١٩٨٥ مج القسم الأول المجلد الثاني ص١٤٩)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Two — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 774. PDF pages: 771.

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