Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 81

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

English translation of the principle

The court hearing one of the litigants or his representative in the absence of his opponent, or accepting documents or memoranda after closure of pleadings without allowing the other litigant to inspect them. Impermissible. The judgment treating those documents as not having been submitted and not referring to them. This does not vitiate it. Example.
Arabic original
استماع المحكمة لأحد الخصوم أو وكيله في غيبة خصمه أو قبولها مستندات أو مذكرات بعد إقفال باب المرافعة دون إطلاع الخصم الآخر عليها. لا يجوز. اعتبار الحكم هذه المستندات غير مطروحة وعدم إشارته إليها. لا يعيبه. مثال.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٤٠/١٩٨٨ مدني جلسة ٢٧/٢/١٩٨٩ مج القسم الثاني المجلد الأول ص٢٢٥)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Two — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 20. PDF pages: 17.

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