Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1422

Exhaustion by the court of first instance of its jurisdiction by ruling on the merits of the action, and the Court of Appeal's finding that the judgment is void owing to a defect in it or in the procedures preceding it, without the nullity extending to the statement initiating the action. Its effect. The court must not stop at declaring nullity but must determine the merits by a new judgment observing the correct procedures. This is not considered deprivation of a level of adjudication.