Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 9

Assessment of the value of the action in relation to the appeal threshold is based on the parties' latest claims. The reason therefor. - The final-instance monetary threshold of the Court of First Instance is 5,000 dinars. Its inclusion of all disputes that the aforementioned court has jurisdiction to determine at first instance. - The rule is that judgments rendered by the court of first instance as final judgments may not be appealed. The exception. - The appellant's specification of his claims before the first-instance court as a declaration that he is free of liability for the maintenance debt adjudged against him and an order requiring the respondent to repay KD 2920 is, in reality, a single claim for repayment of that amount, on the basis of which the value of the action is assessed; the judgment rendered may not be appealed because the monetary threshold is not met. The challenged judgment's departure from this view and its implicit ruling that the appeal is admissible. Vitiates it. - 318 - Personal Status