Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4197

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

English translation of the principle

Admissibility of an application for recusal made by an agent. Its condition. His submission, when formally lodging it, of a special power of attorney for recusal of a particular judge or a particular panel in a specific action. The rationale: an application for a judge’s recusal has a special nature making it a personal right of the litigant himself, in which his lawyer may not act on his behalf. Contravention of that. Its effect. Inadmissibility of the declaration of recusal.
Arabic original
قبول طلب الرد من الوكيل. شرطه. تقديمه توكيلاً خاصاً عند التقرير به برد قاضٍ بعينه أو هيئة بعينها في دعوى بذاتها. علة ذلك: طلب رد القاضي له طبيعة خاصة تجعله حقاً شخصياً للخصم نفسه وليس لمحاميه أن ينوب عنه فيه. مخالفة ذلك. أثرها. عدم قبول تقرير الرد.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٤٦١/٢٠٠٧ مدني جلسة ٣/١١/٢٠٠٨ مجلة القضاء والقانون س٣٦ ج٣ ص ٣٣٩)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Three — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 737. PDF pages: 734.

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