Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2075

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

English translation of the principle

Form is a means of achieving an objective accomplished by observance of that form. Achievement of the objective despite absence of the form. Its effect. Absence of harm, so invalidity is not declared. Example. - The particulars concerning the name of the party effecting service or the person served, his surname, profession or occupation. They are deemed complete whenever the identity of the party effecting service or the person served is established unambiguously. Example: an error in the name by placing the grandfather's name before the father's name, or in the surname.
Arabic original
الشكل وسيلة لتحقيق غاية تتم بتوافر هذا الشكل. تحقق الغاية رغم تخلف الشكل. أثره. انتفاء الضرر فلا يحكم بالبطلان. مثال. - البيان المتعلق باسم المعلن أو المعلن إليه ولقبه ومهنته أو وظيفته. يعتبر مستوفيا متى تعينت شخصية المعلن أو المعلن إليه على وجه لا لبس فيه. مثال : ورود خطأ في الاسم بتقديم اسم الجد على اسم الأب أو في اللقب.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٢٣٧/١٩٩٠ تجاري جلسة ٧/٣/١٩٩٣ مج القسم الثالث المجلد الأول ص٢٧٠)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Three — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 340. PDF pages: 337.

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