Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 426

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

English translation of the principle

The omission or error in the litigants' names and capacities that entails nullity. Meaning: that which results in the litigant being unidentified or in ambiguity in identifying him, leading to failure to ascertain his true identity or to replacing the litigant with another having no connection to the litigation in the action. Where the omission does not produce that result. It does not invalidate the judgment. Example of an error in the litigants' names that does not entail nullity.
Arabic original
النقص أو الخطأ في أسماء الخصوم وصفاتهم الذي يرتب البطلان. المقصود به: مايترتب عليهما التجهيل بالخصم أو اللبس في التعريف بشخصيته مما يؤدي إلى عدم التعرف على حقيقة شخصيته أو إلى تغيير الخصم بآخر لا شأن له بالخصومة في الدعوى. عدم ترتيب النقص ذلك. لا يبطل الحكم. مثال لخطأ في أسماء الخصوم لا يرتب البطلان.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعنان ٢٥٩، ٢٦٧/٢٠٠٧ مدني جلسة ٢/٤/٢٠٠٨ مجلة القضاء والقانون س٣٦ ج٢ ص٣٢٥)

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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