Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3450

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

English translation of the principle

A petition for reconsideration based on documents whose production before delivery of the judgment the opposing party had prevented. Condition for its admissibility. The document must be decisive in the action such that, had it been produced, it would have changed the view taken therein in favour of the petitioner; it must have been withheld by the act of the successful opposing party; and the petitioner must have been unaware of its existence in the possession of its holder. - 584 - Civil Procedure
Arabic original
التماس إعادة النظر المبنى على أوراق كان الخصم قد حال دون تقديمها قبل صدور الحكم. شرط قبوله. أن تكون الورقة قاطعة في الدعوى بحيث لو قدمت لغيرت وجه الرأي فيها لمصلحة الملتمس وأن تكون قد احتجزت بفعل الخصم المحكوم له وأن يكون الملتمس جاهلاً وجودها تحت يد حائزها. - ٥٨٤ - المرافعات
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعنان ٦٤٨، ١٠٠٠/٢٠٠٦ تجاري جلسة ٤/٣/٢٠٠٨ مجلة القضاء والقانون س٣٦ ج١ ص٢٢٧)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Three — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 584. PDF pages: 581.

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