Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 519

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

English translation of the principle

A judgment may be relied upon in any other action, not as a judgment having binding authority, but as a presumption. - The proposition that the trial court independently assesses judicial presumptions and discards those it does not consider appropriate to adopt. Its proper application. That it has subjected them to its assessment. - 99 - Civil Procedure
Arabic original
جواز الاستدلال بالحكم في أي دعوى أخرى ليس باعتباره حكماً له حجيته وإنما كقرينة. - القول باستقلال محكمة الموضوع بتقدير القرائن القضائية وبإطراح مالم تر الأخذ به. محله. أن تكون قد أخضعتها لتقديرها. - ٩٩ - المرافعات
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٨٦٩/٢٠٠٥ تجاري جلسة ٣٠/١/٢٠٠٧ مجلة القضاء والقانون س٣٥ ج١ ص٧٦)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Three — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 99. PDF pages: 96.

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