Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3157

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

English translation of the principle

The original claim. Changing and adding to its cause while retaining its subject matter. Permissible for the appellant. Basis thereof. Article 144/3 of the Law of Procedure. - Annulment or nullity of a contract. Its effect. Restoring the contracting parties to the position they were in at the time of contracting. Impossibility thereof. An order to render equivalent performance is permissible. Article 187 of the Civil Code. - 532 - Procedure - Changing the cause of the action for the first time before the Court of Appeal. Legally permissible. The judgment's contravention thereof. Vitiates it. Example.
Arabic original
الطلب الأصلي. تغيير سببه والإضافة إليه مع بقاء موضوعه. جائز للمستأنف. أساس ذلك. م١٤٤/٣ مرافعات. - إبطال العقد أو بطلانه. أثره. إعادة المتعاقدين إلى الحالة التي كانا عليها عند التعاقد. استحالة ذلك. جواز الإلزام بتقديم أداء معادل. م١٨٧ مدني. - ٥٣٢ - المرافعات - تغيير سبب الدعوى لأول مرة أمام محكمة الاستئناف. جائز قانوناً. مخالفة الحكم ذلك. يعيبه. مثال.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعنان ٤٤٨، ٤٥٨/١٩٩٦ تجاري جلسة ٧/١٢/١٩٩٧ مج القسم الرابع المجلد الثاني ص٩٠)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Three — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 532. PDF pages: 529–530.

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