Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1309

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

English translation of the principle

The judgment's inference of a fact from a nonexistent source and assumption of its existence without adducing evidence thereof, or its failure to specify the source from which it derived it. Inadequacy of reasoning invalidating it.
Arabic original
استخلاص الحكم واقعة من مصدر لا وجود له وافترض وجودها دون أن يقيم دليل عليها أو لم يبين المصدر الذي استقاها منه. قصور يبطله.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٨٦/٢٠٠٣ مدني جلسة ٨/٣/٢٠٠٤ مج القسم الخامس المجلد السادس ص٣٤٧)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Three — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 206. PDF pages: 203.

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