Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1240

Litigation procedures. Subject to the law of the forum. Its effect: their application to all disputes, whether domestic or involving a foreign element. - The provision in Personal Status Law 51/1984 requiring intervention by the Public Prosecution in matters relating to public policy, including actions concerning parentage and correction of names. A procedural rule applying to all actions regardless of the litigants' intention or faith or the school impugned against them. - Intervention by the Public Prosecution in the circumstances specified in Article 338 of Law 51/1984. A mandatory procedure relating to public policy. The effect of its omission. Absolute nullity. Determination of the action without intervention by the Public Prosecution. Nullity of the judgment.