Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1465

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

English translation of the principle

The judgment’s omission to address a material defence that would change the view taken of the case, and its failure to scrutinize it. Renders it defective for inadequate reasoning. - A litigant’s raising of a material defence that his opponent acquiesced in the judgment which that opponent appealed. The judgment’s ruling that the appeal is admissible in form without addressing or scrutinizing this material defence. Renders it defective in a manner requiring its cassation.
Arabic original
إغفال الحكم الرد على دفاع جوهري مما يتغير وجه الرأي في الدعوى وعدم تمحيصه إياه. يعيبه بالقصور. - إبداء الخصم دفاعاً جوهرياً برضاء خصمه بالحكم الذي استأنفه. قضاء الحكم بقبول الاستئناف شكلاً دون أن يعرض لهذا الدفاع الجوهري أو يمحصه. يعيبه بما يوجب تمييزه.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٧٠/١٩٩٢ تجاري جلسة ١١/١/١٩٩٣ مج القسم الثالث المجلد الثاني ص٦٦٩)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Three — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 230. PDF pages: 227.

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