Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4262
State of Kuwait · Pleadings — Part Three · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office
English translation of the principle
What the Lawyers’ Disciplinary Board issues concerning a lawyer referred to it. A judgment, not an administrative decision. The reason: the legislature conferred upon it the nature and characteristics of a judgment by making the judicial element predominant in its composition at the first stage, constituting its appellate formation of members of the judiciary with no participation by others, vesting prosecutorial authority in the Public Prosecution, and regulating the procedures for hearing matters brought before the Board at both levels in a manner ensuring that the lawyer is informed of the allegations against him and the hearings at which the matter is considered, enabling the lawyer to present his defence, establishing the right to lodge an opposition against the decision issued against him, permitting the Public Prosecution and the lawyer to appeal the decision, and specifying the period within which this is permissible. Its implication. The legislature has assimilated a decision of conviction or acquittal to judgments, and it is not considered an administrative decision.
Arabic original
ما يصدره مجلس تأديب المحامين في حق المحامي المقدم إليه. حكماً وليس قراراً إدارياً. علة ذلك: إسباغ المشرع طبيعة الحكم وخصائصه عليه بتغليب العنصر القضائي في تشكيله في المرحلة الأولى وجعل تشكيله بهيئته الاستئنافية لأعضاء من الهيئة القضائية لا يشارك فيه غيرهم وعقده سلطة الاتهام للنيابة العامة وتنظيمه إجراءات نظر ما يطرح على المجلس بدرجتيه بما يكفل إعلام المحامي بما ينسب إليه والجلسات التي ينظر فيها الموضوع وتمكين المحامي من إبداء دفاعه وتقرير حق المعارضة في القرار الذي يصدر ضده وإجازته استئناف القرار من النيابة والمحامي وتحديد الأجل الذي يجوز فيه ذلك. مؤداه. أن قرار الإدانة أو البراءة قد ألحقه المشرع بالأحكام ولا يعد قراراً إدارياً.Original Arabic judgment citations
(الطعن ٧٨٣/٢٠٠٧ مدني جلسة ٧/١٢/٢٠٠٩ مجلة القضاء والقانون س٣٧ ج٣ ص ٣٧٥)
Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Three — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 750. PDF pages: 747.
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