Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1036

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

English translation of the principle

The defence on which the court of the merits is obliged to express an opinion. Its nature. It is a material defence whose acceptance would alter the determination of the action. - Directing litigants to produce evidence supporting their defence or drawing their attention to its requirements. The court is not obliged to do so or obliged to take an evidentiary measure that was not requested of it and that it did not itself consider necessary. - 164 - Civil Procedure
Arabic original
الدفاع الذي تلتزم محكمة الموضوع بإبداء الرأي فيه. ماهيته. هو الدفاع الجوهري الذي يترتب على الأخذ به تغيير وجه الرأي في الدعوى. - تكليف الخصوم بتقديم الدليل على دفاعهم أو لفت نظرهم إلى مقتضياته. عدم التزام المحكمة به أو التزامها باتخاذ إجراء من إجراءات الإثبات لم يُطلب منها ولم تر هي لزوماً له. - ١٦٤ - المرافعات
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٢٠/١٩٩٧ مدني جلسة ١٩/١/١٩٩٨ مج القسم الرابع المجلد الرابع ص٢٠٩)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Three — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 164. PDF pages: 161.

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