Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 523
State of Kuwait · Pleadings — Part Two · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office
English translation of the principle
The defense that the action may not be heard because the disputed distribution contract was not registered. A defense relating to procedure, not to the substantive right. The challenged judgment's confining itself to upholding this defense. Its cassation because the law does not require registration of that contract. The action must be remitted to the court of first instance because it has not exhausted its jurisdiction to examine the merits, in implementation of the principle of litigation at 2 levels, which concerns public policy. - Registration of the judgment declaring the validity and enforceability of a sale contract:-
Arabic original
الدفع بعدم سماع الدعوى لعدم تسجيل عقد التوزيع محل النزاع. دفع يتعلق بالإجراءات ولا يتعلق بأصل الحق. اقتصار الحكم المطعون فيه على قبول هذا الدفع. تمييزه لعدم تطلب القانون تسجيل هذا العقد. وجوب إعادة الدعوى إلى محكمة أول درجة لعدم استنفاد ولايتها في نظر الموضوع إعمالاً لمبدأ التقاضي على درجتين المتعلق بالنظام العام. - تسجيل الحكم بصحة ونفاذ عقد البيع:-Original Arabic judgment citations
(الطعن ٣٣٩/٢٠٠٠ تجاري جلسة ٤/٦/٢٠٠٥ مج القسم الخامس المجلد الرابع ص٢٥٤)
Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Two — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 105. PDF pages: 102.
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