Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4567

Expropriation for public benefit. An in rem procedure directed at the property regardless of its owner’s name. As soon as the decision is issued and publicized and the registration authority is notified of its issuance, the property is deemed removed from the sphere of transactions; upon completion of these procedures and assessment of compensation, the property is deemed State property. A judgment nevertheless establishing a person’s ownership of this property. A violation of the law.