Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3825

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

English translation of the principle

An application for enforcement of a foreign judgment is not a level of litigation and is not a challenge to that judgment. The judge may not examine the merits, and the applicant is not required to attach a certificate showing that the litigants were duly served before the body that issued the judgment unless that judgment was rendered in absentia.
Arabic original
طلب تنفيذ الحكم الأجنبي ليس درجة من درجات التقاضي وليس طعنا على ذلك الحكم. لا يجوز للقاضي أن يبحث الموضوع ولا يلزم الطالب بإرفاق شهادة دالة على إعلان الخصوم أمام الجهة التي أصدرت الحكم على الوجه الصحيح إلا إذا كان هذا الحكم قد صدر غيابيا.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعنان ١٥٧، ١٦٠/١٩٩٤ تجاري جلسة ١١/١٢/١٩٩٤ مج القسم الثالث المجلد الثاني ص٥٠٢)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Three — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 661. PDF pages: 658.

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