Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 850

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

English translation of the principle

Standing in an action. Its existence in the defendant. Its condition. The right sought therein must exist against him as the person concerned and responsible for it if the plaintiff's entitlement thereto is established. - Investigation of the litigants' standing and inference of its existence or absence, and the existence or absence of suretyship. A factual matter independently determined by the court of merits; it suffices that it state the truth of which it is convinced and base its judgment on sound reasons sufficient to support it. Example. - 162 - Civil Procedure
Arabic original
الصفة في الدعوى. قيامها بالمدعى عليه. شرطه. وجود الحق المطلوب فيها في مواجهته باعتبار أنه صاحب الشأن والمسئول عنه حال ثبوت أحقية المدعي فيه. - تحري صفة الخصوم واستخلاص توافرها أو انتفائها وقيام الكفالة أو نفيها. واقع تستقل به محكمة الموضوع وحسبها أن تبين الحقيقة التي اقتنعت بها وأن تقيم قضاؤها على أسباب سائغة تكفى لحمله. مثال. - ١٦٢ - المرافعات
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعون ٣٠١، ٣٠٥، ٣١٥/٢٠٠٣ تجاري جلسة ٨/٥/٢٠٠٤ مج القسم الخامس المجلد السابع ص١٢٢)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Two — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 162. PDF pages: 159.

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