Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1263

Issuance of a judgment declaring bankruptcy. Its effect. An action may not be brought by or against the bankrupt. The exception. Personal status actions, unless they involve financial claims, in which case the bankruptcy trustee must be joined. The reason for this. So that the judgment is binding upon him. Failure to join him in the action. Its implication. Its inadmissibility. This plea may be raised at any stage of the action. The reason for this. Bankruptcy rules are matters of public policy. Articles 577, 578, 582 of Law 68 of 1980. Example. Sixteenth Assessment of the value of the action in certain personal status matters