Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4169

Possession of real property and appearing in relation to it as its owner for fifteen years is a Sharia and legal presumption of the possessor’s ownership, and he may add the period of his possession to that of his predecessor to complete the legally prescribed period. - Ascertaining possession, its manifestations and the facts leading to the existence of its material and intentional elements as evidence of - 815 - Ownership ownership, determining its commencement and continuation, and assessing the evidence in the action. Matters of fact independently determined by the trial court whenever it bases its judgment on sound reasons capable of leading to the conclusion it reached. For that purpose, it may adopt the expert’s report whenever satisfied with it, as a supplementary part of the reasons for its judgment.