Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2435

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

English translation of the principle

The respondent's right to lodge a subsidiary appeal. Its condition: nonacceptance of the judgment after the principal appeal is lodged. This concerns public policy. It may be invoked for the first time before the Court of Cassation. - The respondent's plea, upon the lodging of the principal appeal, that it is inadmissible because the monetary threshold is not met. Implicit acceptance - 407 - Civil Procedure of the appealed judgment, precluding him from lodging a subsidiary appeal and extinguishing his right to lodge it. The judgment's admission of this appeal. A violation of the law requiring its cassation. - The judgment's ruling admitting the subsidiary appeal is its gateway to deciding its merits. A ruling quashing it. Its necessary consequence. Cassation of its ruling on the merits. Example.
Arabic original
حق المستأنف ضده في رفع الاستئناف الفرعي. شرطه: عدم قبول الحكم بعد رفع الاستئناف الأصلي. تعلق ذلك بالنظام العام. جواز التمسك به لأول مرة أمام محكمة التمييز. - دفع المستأنف ضده في رفع الاستئناف الأصلي بعدم جوازه لقلة النصاب. قبول ضمني - ٤٠٧ - المرافعات للحكم المستأنف مانع له من رفع الاستئناف الفرعي ومسقط لحقه في رفعه. قبول الحكم لهذا الاستئناف. مخالفة للقانون توجب تمييزه. - قضاء الحكم بقبول الاستئناف الفرعي هو مدخله للفصل في موضوعه. القضاء بتمييزه. لازمه. تمييز قضائه في الموضوع. مثال.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٨١/١٩٩٧ عمالي جلسة ٢٦/١/١٩٩٨ مج القسم الرابع المجلد الأول ص٤٧٥)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Three — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 407. PDF pages: 404–405.

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