Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1449

The plea of inadmissibility of new claims on appeal. Its relation to public policy. The court must, of its own motion, rule that such a claim is inadmissible. A claim is considered new, even if its subject matter has not changed from that of the claim made before the court of first instance, whenever it exceeds it in amount. Its condition. That it does not fall within the exception stipulated in Article 144/3 of the Code of Civil Procedure. - Compensation whose increase may be sought before the Court of Appeal. It is compensation in respect of which something has arisen justifying an increase over the amount specified in the final claims before the court of first instance, through an aggravation of the damage justifying the claim. Merely increasing the amount of compensation without justification. A new claim. It may not be raised before the Court of Appeal. Contravention of this. An error requiring cassation of the judgment.