Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1494

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

English translation of the principle

If the appellate judgment is based on reasons sufficient to support it, it is not vitiated by superfluous statements in the first-instance judgment, so long as it adopted from that judgment’s reasons only what does not conflict with its own reasons.
Arabic original
إذا أقيم الحكم الاستئنافي على أسباب تكفي لحمله. لا يعيبه ما تزيد فيه الحكم الابتدائي. ما دام لم يأخذ من أسباب ذلك الحكم إلا بما لا يخالف أسبابه.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٥/١٩٨٣ أحوال شخصية جلسة ١٧/١٠/١٩٨٣ مج القسم الأول المجلد الأول ص٨٠٢)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Three — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 234. PDF pages: 231.

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