Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 543

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

English translation of the principle

The court's obligation to ascertain the legal rule applicable to the action even if the litigants have not drawn its attention to it. An error of law in the judgment while its result is sound. The Court of Cassation may correct it without invalidating it. The condition for that.
Arabic original
التزام المحكمة بتقصي القاعدة القانونية المنطبقة على الدعوى ولو لم ينبهها الخصوم. خطأ الحكم في القانون مع سلامة نتيجته. لمحكمة التمييز تصحيحه دون أن تبطله. شرط ذلك.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعنان ٩٧، ١٠٣/١٩٨٩ تجاري جلسة ١١/٦/١٩٨٩ مج القسم الثاني المجلد الثاني ص٥٨٩)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Three — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 103. PDF pages: 100.

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