Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 794

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

English translation of the principle

The devolutive effect of an appeal. What it encompasses. The Court of Appeal may not address a matter not submitted to it. Example of a plea of inadmissibility of an action for having been brought against a person without standing, raised in a memorandum excluded by the court of first instance and not submitted on appeal.
Arabic original
الأثر الناقل للاستئناف . ما يشمله. عدم جواز تعرض محكمة الاستئناف لأمر غير مطروح عليها. مثال لدفع بعدم قبول الدعوى لرفعها على غير ذي صفة أبدى في مذكرة مستبعده من محكمة أول درجة ولم يكن مطروحاً في الاستئناف.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٤/١٩٩٤ تجاري جلسة ١٩/٤/١٩٩٤ مج القسم الثالث المجلد الثاني ص٨٢٣)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Two — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 154. PDF pages: 151.

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