Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 629

The judgment rendered in the criminal action convicting the accused and ordering him to pay provisional compensation in the civil action. Its binding authority before the civil courts. It is not confined to what it decided in the criminal action but extends to its ruling on the fundamental issue it resolved in the civil action concerning liability for compensation. Its effect. The issue decided by the judgment may not be discussed in the action for supplementary compensation. - The binding authority of a judgment rendered in criminal matters. Its scope and effect. Article 54 of the Evidence Law. Example concerning publication offences.