Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 789

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

English translation of the principle

Nullity of the notice of appeal for failure to state the capacities of the parties. Relative. It may be invoked only by the party for whose benefit it was prescribed, among the parties properly joined. He may not invoke the nullity of service on another, even if the subject matter of the action is indivisible. The reason for this. A plea of nullity of the notice of appeal raised by someone other than the person for whose benefit nullity was prescribed. Omission of an express response to it. No defect. Acceptance of the appeal. Includes an implicit response to it. - Failure to respond to documents not inspected by the opposing party:-
Arabic original
بطلان صحيفة الاستئناف لخلوها من بيان صفات الخصوم. نسبي. التمسك به لا يكون إلا لمن شرع لمصلحته من صح اختصامه من الخصوم. لا يجوز له التمسك ببطلان إعلان غيره حتى ولو كان موضوع الدعوى غير قابل للتجزئة. علة ذلك الدفع ببطلان صحيفة الاستئناف المبدي من غير من شرع البطلان لمصلحته. إغفال الرد عليه صراحة. لا عيب. قبول الاستئناف. يتضمن الرد الضمني عليه. - إغفال الرد على مستندات لم يطلع عليها الخصم:-
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعنان ٢٣٨، ٢٤١/١٩٨٤ تجاري جلسة ٤/١٢/١٩٨٥ مج القسم الأول المجلد الأول ص٨٢٤)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Three — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 133. PDF pages: 130.

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