Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1367

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

English translation of the principle

The principle is that a judgment must itself contain all its reasons. When it may validly refer to the reasons of another judgment rendered in another action. An example of a judgment's unsound inference from another judgment.
Arabic original
الأصل في الحكم أن يكون مستوفياً بذاته جميع أسبابه. متى يصح أن يشير إلى أسباب حكم آخر صدر في دعوى أخرى. مثال لاستدلال غير سائغ لحكم بحكم آخر.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٤٤٠/١٩٩٧ تجاري جلسة ١/٣/١٩٩٨ مج القسم الرابع المجلد الرابع ص٢٤٨)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Three — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 215. PDF pages: 212.

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