Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2660

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

English translation of the principle

Grounds concerning public policy. Invoking them for the first time in oral argument before the Court of Cassation. Its condition. That they concern what has been challenged. Example: the statement of the cassation appeal containing no complaint concerning the permissibility of appeal. Its effect. Its acquisition of the force of res judicata, which prevails over public policy. It may therefore not be raised in oral argument before the Court of Cassation.
Arabic original
الأسباب المتعلقة بالنظام العام. التمسك بها لأول مرة في المرافعة الشفوية لدى محكمة التمييز. شرطه. أن تكون وارده على ما رفع عنه الطعن. مثال: عدم تضمن صحيفة الطعن بالتمييز نعياً بشأن جواز الاستئناف. أثره. اكتسابه قوة الأمر المقضي التي تسمو على النظام العام. فلا يجوز إثارته في المرافعة الشفوية أمام التمييز.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٩٣/١٩٩٢ تجاري جلسة ٣١/١/١٩٩٣ مج القسم الثالث المجلد الأول ص٤٧٤)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Three — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 449. PDF pages: 446.

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