Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3315

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

English translation of the principle

If the Court of Appeal considers the appealed judgment, by which the court of first instance exhausted its jurisdiction, to be void, it must not stop at declaring that nullity so long as the nullity does not extend to the statement of claim.
Arabic original
على محكمة الاستئناف إذا رأت أن الحكم المستأنف الذي استنفدت به محكمة أول درجة ولايتها باطلاً ألا تقف عند حد تقريره مادام هذا البطلان لا يمتد إلى صحيفة الدعوى.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعنان ٣٩، ٤١/١٩٩٥ عمالي جلسة ٨/٤/١٩٩٦ مج القسم الثالث المجلد الثاني ص٥١٣)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Three — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 563. PDF pages: 560.

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