Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 680

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

English translation of the principle

Examining the evidence and weighing it against one another. Within the authority of the judge of merits; he is not obliged to follow the litigants through every aspect of their substantive defence.
Arabic original
بحث الدلائل وموازنة بعضها بالبعض. من سلطة قاضي الموضوع هو غير ملزم بمتابعة الخصوم في كل مناحي دفاعهم الموضوعي.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٨٩/١٩٨٢ تجاري جلسة ١/٦/١٩٨٣ مج القسم الأول المجلد الأول ص٧٩١)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Three — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 118. PDF pages: 115.

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