Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2125

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

English translation of the principle

The court may award final compensation even if the compensation sought is provisional, where the damage is proven to have definitively stabilised. - The first-instance court's award of compensation making good the damage in an amount less than the provisional compensation claimed is valid.
Arabic original
للمحكمة القضاء بالتعويض النهائي ولو كان المطلوب تعويضاً مؤقتاً عند ثبوت استقرار الضرر نهائياً. - قضاء محكمة أول درجة بتعويض جابر للضرر يقل عن التعويض المؤقت المطالب به صحيح.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعنان ٢٢٤، ٢٢٦/١٩٩٨ مدني جلسة ٧/٦/١٩٩٩ مج القسم الرابع المجلد الثالث ص ٣٧٦)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Three — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 349. PDF pages: 346.

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