Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 125

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

English translation of the principle

The legislator’s requirement that a non-lawyer agent appearing for a litigant at hearings have a marital relationship or a relationship by blood or marriage up to the fourth degree is confined to attendance at hearings. Anyone other than these persons may draft statements of claim, sign them and submit them to the registry. Unless the law requires a lawyer’s signature. Example: the signing of a statement of claim by someone not included in Article 54 of the Civil Procedure Code. Its effect. No nullity.
Arabic original
ما اشترطه المشرع في الوكيل غير المحامي الذي يحضر عن الخصم بالجلسات من وجود رابطة زوجية أو قرابة أو مصاهرة إلى الدرجة الرابعة قاصر على حضور الجلسات. لأي من غير هؤلاء تحرير صحف الدعاوي والتوقيع عليها وتقديمها لإدارة الكتاب. ما لم يشترط القانون توقيع محام. مثال: توقيع صحيفة الدعوى ممن لم تتضمنهم المادة ٥٤ مرافعات. أثره. لا بطلان.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٨/١٩٩٣ مدني جلسة ١/١١/١٩٩٣ مج القسم الثالث المجلد الثالث ص١١٦٥)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Three — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 27. PDF pages: 24.

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