Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4157

Entitlement to default interest, whether statutory or agreed. Its criterion. That it arises from a commercial act. Absence of this. Its effect. Prohibition on claiming interest thereon because it constitutes prohibited usury. Contravention of this. Its effect. Absolute nullity for violating public policy; any interested person may invoke it at any stage of the proceedings, and the court may declare it of its own motion. - Permissibility of ordering the dilatory plaintiff to pay compensation. Its condition. That the creditor sustain unusual damage. Merely depriving the creditor of a sum of money is insufficient to award interest. - Awarding interest on accumulated interest. Impermissible. Article 115, Commercial Code.