Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1056

Judgments issued by the court of first instance as final judgments may not be appealed. Judgments tainted by a procedural nullity affecting the judgment are excepted from that rule. - The final-jurisdiction threshold of the Court of First Instance. Five thousand dinars. Article 34 of the Civil Procedure Law. - An action is valued as at the day it is brought and on the basis of the latest claims. - Actions brought seeking relief not susceptible of valuation. They are deemed to exceed five thousand dinars. Example. - The first-instance judgment issued on the merits. It necessarily includes an implicit ruling on jurisdiction. The protection - 569 - Civil Procedure of this implicit ruling by res judicata. Its issuance in violation of the rules of jurisdiction does not detract therefrom. The reason therefor. The supremacy of res judicata over considerations of public policy.