Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3762

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

English translation of the principle

The judge of the merits may reduce an onerous obligation to a reasonable level whenever this is attributable to exceptional circumstances. The basis for this. - Assessment of whether performance of the obligation is onerous or not. A matter for the court of the merits. - The standard for whether the exceptional event was foreseeable or not. The ordinary-person standard.
Arabic original
لقاضي الموضوع أن يرد الالتزام المرهق إلي الحد المعقول. متى كان ذلك مرده ظروف استثنائية. أساس ذلك. - تقدير ما إذا كان تنفيذ الالتزام مرهقاً من عدمه. موضوعي. - معيار ما إذا كان الحادث الاستثنائي متوقعاً من عدمه. هو معيار الشخص العادي.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٦٩/١٩٩٧ تجاري جلسة ٩/٢/١٩٩٨ مج القسم الرابع المجلد الثالث ص٨٥٢)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Three — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 650. PDF pages: 647.

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