Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1718

Judgments issued in civil actions by criminal courts. They may be appealed whenever they would be appealable if issued by civil courts. Article 200 of Criminal Procedure and Trials. - Challenging judgments issued during the course of proceedings that do not terminate the dispute. Impermissible except after issuance of the judgment terminating the entire dispute. Article 128 of the Law of Procedure. - The Criminal Court’s failure to adjudicate the civil action and its relinquishment thereof to the competent civil court. A judgment that may not be appealed or challenged by cassation. The rationale: where the avenue of appeal is closed, an appeal by cassation is a fortiori impermissible. Example. - 443 - Criminal