Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3025

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

English translation of the principle

The Court of Appeal confining itself to varying the appealed judgment. Reasons must be given for what the variation covers. Anything else. Considered to have been affirmed. - Assessing maintenance of its various types, increasing or reducing it, and the degree of affluence of the person liable for it. A question of fact. Within the independent competence of the court of merits. Its condition. - The Court of Appeal adopting an approach to assessing maintenance different from the assessment of the court of first instance. It need not refute the evidence presented to the court of first instance. It suffices that its view has an established basis in the case papers. Example.
Arabic original
اقتصار محكمة الاستئناف على تعديل الحكم المستأنف. وجوب تسبيب ما شمله التعديل. ماعدا ذلك. اعتباره محكوماً بتأييده. - تقدير النفقة بأنواعها وزيادتها أو إنقاصها ومدى يسار الملزم بها. مسألة واقع. استقلال محكمة الموضوع بها. شرطه. - ذهاب محكمة الاستئناف في تقدير النفقة مذهبا مخالفاً لتقدير محكمة أول درجة. ليس عليها أن تفند الدلائل التي عرضت على محكمة أول درجة. كفاية أن تكون وجهه نظرها لها أصل ثابت في الأوراق. مثال.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٧٧/٢٠٠٣ أحوال شخصية جلسة ١٤/٣/٢٠٠٤ مج القسم الخامس المجلد الثاني ص٥٣٠)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Three — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 512. PDF pages: 509.

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