Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1993

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

English translation of the principle

The rule of the relative effect of a challenge. The exception thereto. A judgment rendered on an indivisible subject matter in a joint and several obligation or in an action in which the law requires the joinder of particular persons; a party against whom judgment was rendered who missed the time limit for challenge or accepted the judgment may challenge it during consideration of the challenge brought within the time limit by one of his fellow litigants, joining him in his claims; otherwise, the court shall order his joinder. An example of joint and several liability.
Arabic original
قاعدة نسبية أثر الطعن. الاستثناء منها. صدور الحكم في موضوع غير قابل للتجزئة في التزام بالتضامن أو في دعوى يوجب القانون فيها اختصام أشخاص معنيين فيجوز لمن فوت ميعاد الطعن من المحكوم عليهم أو قبل الحكم أن يطعن فيه أثناء نظر الطعن المرفوع في الميعاد من أحد زملائه منضماً إليه في طلباته وإلا أمرت المحكمة باختصامه. مثال حالة التضامن.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٢٣١/١٩٨٨ تجاري جلسة ٢٢/١/١٩٨٩ مج القسم الثاني المجلد الثاني ص٦٤٦)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Three — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 325. PDF pages: 322.

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