Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1282

Judgments that have acquired the force of res judicata. Conclusive as to what they have determined. The condition for that. The dispute must be between the same litigants without their capacities changing, and must concern the same right in subject matter and cause. - 569 - Personal Status - Judgments rendered in personal status matters. Their binding effect is temporary. The reason for that. They are amenable to modification and change as circumstances change. Drawing that inference. A matter for the court of merits alone. Its condition. Example.