Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 390

Failure of one of the judges who issued the judgment to attend the hearing at which it is pronounced. Its necessary consequence. It must be recorded that he signed the draft judgment containing its reasons and operative part and that another attended its pronouncement in his place. What is meant by the judges who issued the judgment. They are those who adjudicated the action, not the judges who attended its reading. The criterion therefor. Reliance upon the particulars recorded in the judgment, supplemented by the particulars contained in the hearing minutes. Example concerning the failure of one of the judges who issued the judgment to attend the hearing at which it is pronounced.