Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1735

Ascertaining the limits of the parts of the judgment actually appealed. Reference is to the petition of appeal. Supplementing it with matters outside it. Impermissible. - The challenged judgment's taking as the basis for determining the claims of the appellant claiming civil rights what his lawyer stated in his final defence memorandum, rather than those stated in the petition of appeal. An error in the application and interpretation of the law. Renders it defective and requires its cassation in respect of the civil action. Example.