Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2946

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

English translation of the principle

The devolutive effect of an appeal. What it encompasses. The Court of Appeal may not address a matter not before it. An example of a plea that the action is inadmissible because it was brought against a person lacking capacity, raised in a memorandum excluded by the court of first instance and not considered to be before the court on appeal.
Arabic original
الأثر الناقل للاستئناف. ما يشمله. عدم جواز تعرض محكمة الاستئناف لأمر غير مطروح عليها. مثال لدفع بعدم قبول الدعوى لرفعها على غير ذي صفة أبدى في مذكرة مستبعدة من محكمة أول درجة ولم يعتبر مطروحاً في الاستئناف.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٤/١٩٩٤ تجاري جلسة ١٩/٤/١٩٩٤ مج القسم الثالث المجلد الأول ص٤٩١)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Three — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 499. PDF pages: 496.

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