Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1440

Litigation at two levels. Its fundamental pillar is reconsideration, for a second time before the Court of Appeal, of the case determined by the court of first instance, without presenting a new case. - Appeal. Its effect. Transfer of the same case in which the appealed judgment was rendered to the appellate court, which rules to uphold, set aside, or vary it. - The devolutive effect of appeal. Its import. Re-submission of the subject matter of the dispute to which the appeal relates, together with its legal grounds and factual evidence, on the basis of the evidence, pleas, and arguments of defence submitted, in addition to what was previously submitted before the court of first instance.