Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1294

A judgment terminating the proceedings before the Court of Appeal. Its effect. Termination of the proceedings before the court of merits at both levels, representing the final adjudication of the action within the limits addressed by the court of first instance. The reason therefor: the first-instance judgment is part of it and necessarily merged into it. - Issuance of the appellate judgment affirming, varying or reversing the first-instance judgment. Its effect. The court is precluded from reconsidering it, whether its judgment is valid or void. The reason therefor: a judge has no authority over his own adjudication and cannot vary or reverse it. The means therefor. Challenging it by cassation.