Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1432

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

English translation of the principle

What counts in determining a litigant’s claims. The relief he seeks to have awarded and what the scope of that claim necessarily and factually includes. The court is not bound by the literal wording in which it was formulated. Rather, by what the litigant intended - 225 - Civil Procedure thereby, according to what is established from the facts presented. The challenged judgment’s departure from this view. Vitiates it and necessitates its cassation in this respect. Example.
Arabic original
العبرة في تحديد طلبات الخصم. بما يطلب الحكم له به وما يتضمنه نطاق هذا الطلب لزوماً وواقعاً. عدم تقيد المحكمة بحرفية العبارات التي صيغ بها. إنما بما عناه الخصم - ٢٢٥ - المرافعات منها وفقاً للثابت من الوقائع المعروضة. مخالفة الحكم المطعون فيه هذا النظر. يعيبه ويُوجب تمييزه في هذا الخصوص. مثال.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١١٦٩/٢٠٠٤ تجاري جلسة ١٤/١١/٢٠٠٦ مج القسم الخامس المجلد السادس ص٣٧٠)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Three — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 225. PDF pages: 222–223.

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