Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 133

Subject-matter jurisdiction. Its determination. What matters is the relief sought by the claimant in his action. - The administrative decision disputes concerning which the Administrative Circuit of the Court of First Instance has jurisdiction to hear. Its nature: a decision by which the administration expresses its binding will, by virtue of its authority under laws and regulations, with the intention of producing a particular legal effect, where this is possible and legally permissible and motivated by a public interest, or which the administration refrains from taking pursuant to laws and regulations requiring it to be taken. - The administration's material act. The ordinary courts have jurisdiction over it. Its nature. A material fact or a procedure recording it, not intended to produce particular legal effects. - 43 - Administrative