Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2604

State of Kuwait · Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office

English translation of the principle

Ascertaining the intention to novate the loan contract. A matter of fact within the trial judge's exclusive authority. Extinction of the mortgage-secured debt by novation as a result of concluding the loan contract may not be raised for the first time before the Court of Cassation.
Arabic original
استخلاص نية تجديد عقد القرض. واقع يستقل به قاضي الموضوع. لا يجوز إثارة انقضاء الدين المضمون بالرهن بالتجديد نتيجة لإبرام عقد القرض لأول مرة أمام محكمة التمييز.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٦٦/٩٠ تجاري جلسة ٢/٣/١٩٩٠ مج القسم الثالث - المجلد الثالث ص ٣١٧)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 447. PDF pages: 447.

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