Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1967

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

English translation of the principle

The respondent's right to lodge an incidental appeal. Its condition: not having accepted the judgment after the original appeal was lodged. This concerns public policy. It may be invoked for the first time before the Court of Cassation. - The respondent's plea that the original appeal is inadmissible because the amount falls below the appeal threshold. Implicit acceptance of the appealed judgment, precluding the respondent from lodging an incidental appeal and extinguishing the right to lodge it. The judgment's admission of that appeal. A violation of the law requiring its cassation. - The judgment's ruling admitting the incidental appeal is its gateway to determining its merits. A ruling quashing it. Its necessary consequence. Quashing its ruling on the merits. Example.
Arabic original
حق المستأنف ضده في رفع الاستئناف الفرعي. شرطه: عدم قبول الحكم بعد رفع الاستئناف الأصلي. تعلق ذلك بالنظام العام. جواز التمسك به لأول مرة أمام محكمة التمييز. - دفع المستأنف ضده للاستئناف الأصلي بعدم جوازه لقلة النصاب. قبول ضمني للحكم المستأنف ومانع له من رفع الاستئناف الفرعي ومسقط لحقه في رفعه. قبول الحكم لهذا الاستئناف. مخالفة للقانون توجب تمييزه. - قضاء الحكم بقبول الاستئناف الفرعي هو مدخله للفصل في موضوعه. القضاء بتمييزه. لازمه. تمييز قضائه في الموضوع. مثال.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٨١/١٩٩٧ عمالي جلسة ٢١/١/١٩٩٨ مج القسم الرابع المجلد الرابع ص٣٢٤)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Three — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 320. PDF pages: 317.

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