Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4618

The administration's seizure of real estate for allocation to public benefit without taking the procedures required by law for expropriation. Usurpation. Its effect. Its liability for compensation in accordance with the rules of tort liability and its obligation to make full reparation for the damage sustained by the injured party. - Landowners' opening of roads on their private lands with the intention of improving them. No compensation is paid for the area of these roads so long as it does not exceed 20% of the subdivided private property, for the expropriation of this area, whether the expropriation occurs while the land is in its owner's hands or after its disposal to others. Construction Council Decision No. 1373/248 dated 5/3/1956. - 910 - Ownership