Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1296

The scope of the appeal. Its determination by the claims presented which were previously made before the court of first instance. Those not presented on appeal become conclusive and acquire res judicata effect, which prevails over considerations of public policy. - The court of first instance’s rejection of the plea that the right to housing allowance is extinguished by the five-year limitation period, raised in the statement or at the hearings. Its effect. That this plea was not before the Court of Appeal. A challenge to the judgment on that ground is inadmissible because it has no object in its ruling. - 621 - Civil Procedure 3- The court of second instance:-