Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2646

A ruling that the proceedings in an action have lapsed or have expired through the passage of time. Its effect. The cessation of judgments rendered therein ordering the taking of evidence and the cancellation of all procedural steps, including the bringing of the action. This does not affect the right in respect of which the action was brought, the conclusive judgments rendered therein, the procedures preceding those judgments, the admissions made by the litigants or the oaths they swore. The litigants may rely on the investigative procedures - 510 - Obligation and expert work completed, unless inherently invalid. This effect extends to the case of an action being deemed never to have been brought because it was not reinstated following striking out within the prescribed time limit. The basis thereof. Art. 101 of the Code of Procedure. - An action being deemed never to have been brought because it was not reinstated following striking out within the time limit. A new action may be brought with the same previous claims, even if the proceedings in the first action lapsed upon the expiry of one year from the date of striking out.