Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 367

Deliberation on rendering the judgment and signing its draft. No judges other than those who heard the pleadings may participate therein. An impediment preventing one of them from attending the pronouncement hearing. This must be recorded in the hearing minutes. Signing the judgment’s draft and reading it out by a judge other than the one who heard the pleadings. Effect. Nullity of the judgment. The nullity pertains to public policy. It may be invoked at any time. The court may address it of its own motion. Example.