Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4388

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

English translation of the principle

The prohibition on proving what contradicts a writing except by writing. Its lack of connection with public policy. Its effect. The right to invoke this defence may be waived expressly or implicitly. - Failure to object to referring the action for evidentiary investigation to establish simulation. Its import. Waiver by the interested party of the defence that simulation between the contracting parties may not be proved by witness testimony.
Arabic original
عدم جواز إثبات ما يخالف الكتابة إلا بالكتابة. عدم تعلقه بالنظام العام. أثره. جواز التنازل عن التمسك بالدفع به صراحة أو ضمناً. - عدم الاعتراض على إحالة الدعوى إلى التحقيق لإثبات الصورية. مؤداه. تنازل صاحب المصلحة عن الدفع بعدم جواز إثبات الصورية بين المتعاقدين بشهادة الشهود.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٣٧٤/٢٠٠٠ مدني جلسة ١٨/٢/٢٠٠٢ مج القسم الخامس المجلد السابع ص٤٣٢)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Two — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 807. PDF pages: 804.

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