Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3578

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

English translation of the principle

The arbitrators' award. A judicial act of a special nature in which the arbitrator derives his jurisdiction from the agreement to appoint him as arbitrator. The effect of this. Arbitration is confined to the arbitrators' intention to submit to the arbitrator, without application to arbitration of the rule that the judge of the principal matter is the judge of the ancillary matter.
Arabic original
حكم المحكمين. عمل قضائي ذو طبيعة خاصة يستمد فيه المحكم ولايته من الاتفاق على تحكيمه. أثر ذلك. اقتصار التحكيم على تنصرف إرادة المحكمين إلى عرضه على المحكم وبلا انطباق لقاعدة قاضي الأصل قاضي الفرع على التحكيم.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٣٣/١٩٨٧ مدني جلسة ٢٢/٢/١٩٨٨ مج القسم الثاني المجلد الثاني ص٨١)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Three — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 612. PDF pages: 609.

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