Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 94

Rules concerning whether a judgment is or is not open to challenge are governed by the law in force at the time the judgment is rendered and apply with immediate effect because they concern public order. - Rules concerning the inadmissibility of appeal because the judgment was rendered within the final-instance monetary jurisdiction of the court of first instance concern public order. Its effect. Their application with immediate effect. - The general rule is that judgments rendered as final by courts of first instance may not be appealed. The exception. Invalidity affecting the judgment or proceedings, or the judgment being rendered contrary to a prior judgment that has acquired the force of res judicata. - 23 - Law - The provision that a judgment of the Court of First Instance shall be final if the value of the action does not exceed five thousand dinars. Its application to all disputes which the Court of First Instance has jurisdiction to determine at first instance. These rules apply to judgments rendered by the Labour Circuit of the Court of First Instance.