Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 99

Following the procedure for obtaining payment orders. It became mandatory under Decree-Law 44 of 1989, effective on the day following its publication on 23/7/1989, after having been optional. This concerns litigation procedures. This amendment does not apply to actions validly brought before its entry into force. The reason for this. A judicial claim validly made under a particular law remains so even if a new law is promulgated prescribing a special form for it. Contravention of this is an error requiring cassation of the judgment.