Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1041

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

English translation of the principle

Court of merits. It is not obliged to grant a request to refer the action for evidentiary investigation when it finds sufficient material in the action to form its conviction. - The company's contention that the employment contract concluded between it and the worker is of indefinite duration. Establishment that the contract's term was fixed at 2 years and that it contained no special conditions concerning how to terminate it or providing that its existence and cessation were linked to the contract concluded between the appellant and the Ministry of Defense. The challenged judgment's conclusion that it is a fixed-term contract, its award of compensation for the company's rescission thereof before expiry of its term, and its disregard of the request for referral for evidentiary investigation to prove its defense. Do not vitiate it.
Arabic original
محكمة الموضوع. عدم التزامها بإجابة طلب إحالة الدعوى إلى التحقيق متى وجدت في عناصر الدعوى ما يكفي لتكوين عقيدتها. - تمسك الشركة بأن عقد العمل المبرم بينها وبين العامل غير محدد المدة. ثبوت أن العقد تحددت مدته بسنتين ولم يتضمن شروطاً خاصة بكيفية إنهائه أو أنه مرتبط بالعقد المبرم بين الطاعنة ووزارة الدفاع وجوداً وعدماً. انتهاء الحكم المطعون فيه إلى أنه عقد محدد المدة وقضاؤه بالتعويض عن فسخ الشركة له قبل انقضاء مدته والتفاته عن طلب الإحالة إلى التحقيق لإثبات دفاعها. لا يعيبه.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٦٢/٢٠٠٢ عمالي جلسة ٢٠/١/٢٠٠٣ مج القسم الخامس المجلد السادس ص٣٢٨)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Three — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 165. PDF pages: 162.

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