Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1996

The existence of a criminal action alongside a civil compensation action for an unlawful act. The implication thereof. The civil action is not time-barred unless the criminal action is time-barred. The injured party’s choice of the civil rather than the criminal route for compensation. Its effect. The running of the limitation period in his respect is suspended throughout the duration of the criminal trial until a final judgment is rendered, whereupon the limitation period for the compensation action resumes running from the date of that judgment.