Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 63

The law of the husband's nationality. Recourse to it at the time of conclusion of the contract regarding the effects arising from marriage and divorce or judicial divorce. Articles 39 and 40 of Law 5 of 1961. Absence of disagreement between the parties that the husband is a Saudi national. This necessarily means that Saudi law is the applicable law. - 330 - Personal Status - The Saudi respondent's contention that the Hanbali school is applicable to the action and his submission of a copy of a certificate issued by the Saudi Embassy, not denied by the female appellant, stating that personal status cases are governed by the provisions of Islamic jurisprudence books and that reference is made in this regard to the Hanbali school. The challenged judgment's conclusion that the female appellant, whose marriage was consummated, is not entitled to divorce consolation compensation upon her divorce, applying the Hanbali school. Correct.