Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 760

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

English translation of the principle

Ascertaining and understanding the facts, assessing the evidence, accepting what inspires confidence, and discarding the rest. Within the authority of the court of merits. The condition therefor. It is not obliged to follow the litigants through their various statements and arguments and respond to them separately. An implicit response is sufficient. Example concerning rescission of sale and financing contracts upon discovery of a latent manufacturing defect in the car sold.
Arabic original
تحصيل فهم الواقع وتقدير الأدلة والأخذ بما يُطمأن إليه وإطراح ما عداه. من سلطة محكمة الموضوع. شرط ذلك. عدم التزامها بتتبع الخصوم في مختلف أقوالهم وحججهم والرد عليها استقلالاً. كفاية الرد الضمني. مثال بشأن فسخ عقدي بيع وتمويل لاكتشاف عيب صناعي خفي بالسيارة المبيعة.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعنان ١١٥٧، ١٢٥٠/٢٠٠٤ تجاري جلسة ١٥/١٠/٢٠٠٦ مج القسم الخامس المجلد السادس ص٣٠٩)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Three — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 128. PDF pages: 125.

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