Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1873

Identity of the parties, subject matter and cause in two actions. The criterion for the res judicata effect of judgments and the consequent ruling that an action may not be heard because of a prior adjudication therein. - The appellate court's ruling that an opposition may not be heard because it has previously been adjudicated, despite the difference in parties. An error of law that vitiates it and requires its cassation. Example.