Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1655

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

English translation of the principle

Issuance of a final judgment establishing a right and its acquisition of the force of res judicata. Its effect. That right becomes subject to a fifteen-year limitation period, whatever its limitation period may be. - A judgment awarding provisional compensation, once it acquires the force of res judicata. Its effect. Establishment of the compensation debt in its origin and basis and replacement of the short limitation period by the long limitation period. Example.
Arabic original
صدور حكم نهائي بالحق وحيازته قوة الأمر المقضي. أثره. تقادم ذلك الحق بخمسة عشر سنة أياً كانت مدة تقادم هذا الحق. - الحكم بالتعويض المؤقت متى حاز قوة الأمر المقضي. أثره. إرساء دين التعويض في أصله ومبناه واستبدال التقادم الطويل بالتقادم القصير. مثال.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٨٧٢/٢٠٠٦ تجاري جلسة ٩/٣/٢٠٠٨ مجلة القضاء والقانون س٣٦ ج١ ص٢٤٣)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Three — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 258. PDF pages: 255.

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