Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2130

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

English translation of the principle

A judgment rendered in criminal proceedings convicting the accused and ordering him to pay provisional compensation in the civil action. Its binding authority before civil courts. It is not confined to what was determined in the criminal proceedings, but extends to its adjudication of the fundamental issue it resolved in the civil action concerning liability for compensation. The effect thereof. The issue determined by the judgment may not be discussed in an action for supplementary compensation.
Arabic original
الحكم الصادر في الدعوى الجزائية بإدانة المتهم وإلزامه بتعويض مؤقت في الدعوى المدنية. حجيته أمام المحاكم المدنية. عدم اقتصارها علي ما فصل فيه في الدعوى الجزائية بل تمتد إلي قضائه في المسألة الأساسية التي حسمها في الدعوى المدنية في شأن المسئولية عن التعويض. أثر ذلك. امتناع مناقشة المسألة التي فصل فيها الحكم في دعوى تكملة التعويض
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٨٧٢/٢٠٠٦ تجاري جلسة ٩/٣/٢٠٠٨ مجلة القضاء والقانون س٣٦ ج١ ص ٢٤٣)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Three — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 350. PDF pages: 347.

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