Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 500

The administrative judiciary’s activity in assessing administrative decisions. It must stop at the limit of legality or illegality within the scope of legal review, and it may examine the facts upon which the decision was based to ascertain its conformity with the law, as they are among the elements constituting the administrative decision. Not going beyond this to assess the expediency of the decision or matters falling within the administration’s discretionary assessment of appropriateness. - What is decisive in characterizing an administrative decision. Its substance and meaning, not its description and structure.