Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1200

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

English translation of the principle

The authority of the court of merits to ascertain an understanding of the facts of the case and interpret documents. Its condition is that its findings have a basis and do not depart from what is established in the papers, and that it state in the grounds of its judgment the reasonable considerations leading to the interpretation it adopted. The judgment’s lack of a statement of those considerations. Deficiency.
Arabic original
سلطة محكمة الموضوع في تحصيل فهم الواقع في الدعوى وتفسير المستندات. شرطه أن يكون لما حصلته سنده ولا خروج فيه عن الثابت بالأوراق وأن تبين في أسباب حكمها الاعتبارات المعقولة المؤدية إلى التفسير الذي أخذت به. خلو الحكم من بيان هذه الاعتبارات. قصور.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٨٢/١٩٨٤ تجاري جلسة ٢٧/٢/١٩٨٥ مج القسم الأول المجلد الأول ص٨١٢)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Three — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 190. PDF pages: 187.

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