Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 421

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

English translation of the principle

An omission or serious error in the litigants' names and capacities. Its effect. Nullity of the judgment. - Omission of the name of a genuine litigant from the judgment. Its effect. Its nullity. Omission of the name of a litigant against whom no claims were directed and who was a party of no consequence in the litigation. No nullity. The reason therefor.
Arabic original
النقص أو الخطأ الجسيم في أسماء الخصوم وصفاتهم. أثره. بطلان الحكم. - إغفال اسم خصم حقيقي في الحكم. أثره. بطلانه. إغفال اسم الخصم الذي لم توجه إليه طلبات ما وكان طرفاً غير ذي شأن في الخصومة. لا بطلان. علة ذلك.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعنان ٢٠٨، ٢١٥/٢٠٠٣ مدني جلسة ٤/٤/٢٠٠٥ مج القسم الخامس المجلد السادس ص٢٧٣)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Three — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 86. PDF pages: 83.

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