Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3437

Judgments issued by the Court of Appeal concerning leases of immovable property and compensation arising therefrom that fall within the jurisdiction of the Rentals Circuit of the Court of First Instance. They may not be challenged by cassation. Article 26 of Decree-Law 35 of 1978. - Determining whether a judgment was issued in a rental dispute. The determining consideration. Whether or not the dispute falls within the scope of application of Decree-Law 35 of 1978. Impermissibility of challenging the judgment issued therein. Its criterion. That determination in the judgment requires application of a provision of the said law. Absence of this condition where - 677 - Lease the judgment is based on a legal rule contained in another law. Its effect. The judgment is subject, as regards its susceptibility to challenge by cassation, to the general rules in the Code of Procedure. An example.