Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2084

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

English translation of the principle

The judge's expression of his opinion in the same dispute or in previous litigation between the same litigants, of which the case before him is a continuation, constitutes grounds for his disqualification. Absence thereof. Its implication. His qualification to hear it. An example of the absence of grounds for disqualification.
Arabic original
إبداء القاضي رأيه في ذات النزاع أو في خصومة سابقة ترددت بين نفس الخصوم وتعد القضية المطروحة استمراراً لها موجب لعدم صلاحيته. انتفاء ذلك. مؤداه. صلاحيته لنظرها. مثال لانتفاء موجب عدم الصلاحية.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٤٦/١٩٩٥ تجاري جلسة ٢٦/٦/١٩٩٦ مج القسم الثالث المجلد الأول ص٣٠٧)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Three — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 341. PDF pages: 338.

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