Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 437

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

English translation of the principle

The particulars that a judgment must contain. Omission and serious error therein. Its effect. Nullity. - The first-instance judgment's award of additional compensation to minors without identifying those minors or stating their names in its preamble or text. Renders it defective. The appellate judgment's affirming it without completing this statement. Invalidates it, requiring its cassation.
Arabic original
البيانات التي يجب اشتمال الحكم عليها. النقص والخطأ الجسيم فيها. أثره. البطلان. - قضاء الحكم الابتدائي بتعويض إضافي للقُصّر دون أن يبين في ديباجته أو مدوناته هؤلاء القصر أو يورد أسماءهم. يعيبه. تأييد الحكم الاستئنافي له دون استكمال هذا البيان. يبطله بما يوجب تمييزه.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٤٦/١٩٩٧ مدني جلسة ٢/٣/١٩٩٨ مج القسم الرابع المجلد الرابع ص١٦٩)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Three — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 88. PDF pages: 85.

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