Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1280

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

English translation of the principle

Judgments rendered with final effect by courts of first instance may not be appealed except in specified cases, including where the judgment is affected by nullity. Inadequacy in the judgment's factual reasons entails its nullity. Defects affecting its legal reasons. Do not lead to that result. - An error in assessing the evidence in the first-instance judgment. Does not entail its nullity. The condition for this. That the judgment contain an indication that it acquainted itself with the evidence submitted in the action and subjected it to its assessment.
Arabic original
عدم جواز استئناف الأحكام الصادرة بصفة انتهائية من محاكم الدرجة الأولى إلا في أحوال معينة منها حالة وقوع بطلان في الحكم. القصور في أسباب الحكم الواقعية يترتب عليه بطلانه. ما يعتور أسبابه القانونية. لا يؤدي إلى ذلك. - ما يقع في الحكم الابتدائي من خطأ في تقدير الدليل. لا ينبني عليه بطلانه. شرط ذلك. أن يكون الحكم قد تضمن ما يفيد إلمامه بالدليل المقدم في الدعوى وأخضعه لتقديره.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٠٢/١٩٩٧ عمالي جلسة ٨/٦/١٩٩٨ مج القسم الرابع المجلد الرابع ص٢٣٤)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Three — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 201. PDF pages: 198.

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