Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 509

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

English translation of the principle

The judgment’s conclusion that a litigant is liable for damages arising from a malicious, unlawful exercise of the right to litigate. It must set out the factual elements and circumstances that occurred from which it inferred the intention to abuse that right and act maliciously.
Arabic original
انتهاء الحكم إلى مسئولية خصم عن الأضرار الناشئة عن استعمال حق التقاضي استعمالاً كيدياً غير مشروع. وجوب إيراده العناصر الواقعية والظروف الحاصلة التي استخلص منها نية الانحراف والكيد.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٣٠/٢٠٠٠ تجاري جلسة ٢٨/١٢/٢٠٠١ مج القسم الرابع المجلد الرابع ص١٧٣)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Three — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 98. PDF pages: 95.

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