Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 960
State of Kuwait · Pleadings — Part Three · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office
English translation of the principle
A judgment’s failure to respond to a defense for which its proponent has submitted no evidence. No defect. - Ascertaining the facts of the case, assessing the evidence, adopting that which is found reliable and discarding the rest, including experts’ reports. Within the authority of the court of merits. The condition for this. No obligation to respond separately to the arguments and statements raised by the litigants. Sufficiency of an implicit response. Example. - The judgment’s silence in response to documents having no bearing:-
Arabic original
عدم رد الحكم علي دفاع لم يقدم صاحبه دليله. لا عيب. - تحصيل فهم الواقع في الدعوى وتقدير الأدلة والأخذ بما يُطمأن إليه منها وإطراح ما عداه ومنها تقارير الخبراء. من سلطة محكمة الموضوع. شرط ذلك. عدم وجوب الرد استقلالاً علي ما يثيره الخصوم من حجج وأقوال. كفاية الرد الضمني. مثال. - سكوت الحكم عن الرد على المستندات الغير مؤثرة:-Original Arabic judgment citations
(الطعن ٢٤٠/٢٠٠٦ تجاري جلسة ٢٠/٥/٢٠٠٧ مجلة القضاء والقانون س٣٥ ج٢ ص١٦٢)
Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Three — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 153. PDF pages: 150.
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