Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 488

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

English translation of the principle

Ascertainment of the facts, inference of judicial presumptions, assessment and weighing of evidence and presumptions, preference for those found convincing and rejection of the rest. Within the authority of the court of merits. It is not obliged to follow the litigants through their various statements and aspects of defense and respond separately thereto. An implicit response suffices.
Arabic original
تحصيل الواقع واستنباط القرائن القضائية وتقدير البينات والقرائن وموازنتها وترجيح ما يُطمأن إليه منها وإطراح ما عداه. من سلطة محكمة الموضوع. عدم التزامها تتبع الخصوم في مختلف أقوالهم ومناحي دفاعهم والرد استقلالا عليها. كفاية الرد الضمني.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٢١١/١٩٩٤ تجاري جلسة ٣/١/١٩٩٥ مج القسم الثالث المجلد الثاني ص٦٣٤)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Three — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 95. PDF pages: 92.

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