Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1471

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

English translation of the principle

The defence that the injured party received compensation twice for the same harm. A material defence. The judgment must scrutinize it and rule upon it in accordance with the correct legal rule. Merely responding that it rests not on certainty but on supposition and conjecture, and failing to enable the litigant to prove it. A breach and inadequacy requiring its cassation.
Arabic original
الدفاع بتقاضي المضرور تعويضين عن ذات الضرر. دفاع جوهري. على الحكم تمحيصه والقضاء فيه طبقاً لصحيح القاعدة القانونية. الاكتفاء رداً عليه بأنه لا يقوم على اليقين بل على الظن والتخمين وعدم تمكين الخصم من إثباته. إخلال وقصور يوجب تمييزه.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٢٠٥/١٩٩٣ تجاري جلسة ٢٩/٣/١٩٩٤ مج القسم الثالث المجلد الثاني ص٦٧١)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Three — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 231. PDF pages: 228.

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