Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1533

A judge expressing an opinion on the very dispute before him, or in previous litigation between the same litigants of which the case before him constitutes a continuation and a return to it. Its consequence. His disqualification from hearing the action. The reason for this. - The original copy of the judgment is decisive in identifying the judges who issued it. It must be - 666 - Civil Procedure complete with the elements of its validity. It may not be supplemented from another source not derived from it. Example concerning the nullity of a judgment because the judge was disqualified from hearing the action.