Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4354

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

English translation of the principle

The plea that the period prescribed by law for bringing the action has expired. A substantive plea of inadmissibility concerning the right to bring the action as a right separate from the right for whose protection it was brought. Its lack of connection with public order. Does not prevent reliance upon it, even for the first time before the appellate court. The reason therefor. Article 452 of the Civil Code.
Arabic original
الدفع بانقضاء المدة المحددة في القانون لرفع الدعوى. دفع موضوعي بعدم قبولها يدور حول الحق في رفع الدعوى باعتباره حقاً منفصلاً عن الحق الذي رفعت لحمايته. عدم تعلقه بالنظام العام. غير مانع من التمسك به ولو لأول مرة أمام المحكمة الاستئنافية. علة ذلك. م ٤٥٢ مدني.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٢٣/٢٠٠٨ مدني جلسة ٥/١/٢٠٠٩ مجلة القضاء والقانون س٣٧ ج١ ص٢٨٨)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Two — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 800. PDF pages: 797.

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