Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 68

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

English translation of the principle

Absence of a lawyer's signature from the statement of appeal. Its effect. Its nullity despite the absence of a provision to that effect in the Civil Procedure Law. The reason for this. The Legal Profession Law's requirement of the signature. - The Civil Procedure Law's failure to require a lawyer's signature on the statement of appeal and its provision repealing every provision contrary to its provisions. This repeal does not extend to the Legal Profession Law's requirement that a lawyer sign the statement of appeal. The reason for this.
Arabic original
خلو صحيفة الاستئناف من توقيع محام. أثره. بطلانها رغم عدم النص على ذلك بقانون المرافعات. علة ذلك. اشتراط قانون المحاماة للتوقيع. - عدم اشتراط قانون المرافعات توقيع محام على صحيفة الاستئناف والنص فيه على إلغاء كل نص يخالف أحكامه. عدم امتداد هذا الإلغاء لما اشترطه قانون المحاماة من ضرورة توقيع محام على صحيفة الاستئناف. علة ذلك.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٥٢/١٩٩٦ تجاري جلسة ٢٠/١٠/١٩٩٦ مج القسم الثالث المجلد الأول ص٣٠٨)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Two — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 17. PDF pages: 14.

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