Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1529

The judge's prior expression of an opinion in the dispute before him or in previous litigation conducted between the same parties. Its effect. His disqualification from hearing the action. - The judge's previous hearing of the action. Its meaning. That he previously issued a dispositive judgment therein or an ancillary judgment on part thereof. An example concerning the invalidity of the challenged judgment because it was issued by a panel disqualified from hearing it.