Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 211

The existence of a special law. Its effect. No recourse to the provisions of the general law except in respect of matters not regulated by the special law. The reason therefor. The special legal rule does not repeal the general rules but constitutes an exception to them, and both continue to operate together, each within its own scope. - The special legislation on higher education permits university faculty members and teaching assistants appointed to the university who held government posts to retain the last salary they received in their previous posts, even if it exceeds the salary scale of the post to which they are appointed at the university, while granting them one of its increments, contrary to Civil Service Council Decision No. 6 of 1984, which is general legislation requiring the salary of a transferred employee to be calculated on the basis of the post to which the employee is transferred, irrespective of the salary in the cadre from which the employee is transferred. Its necessary consequence. The rule contained in the special legislation must be followed. The reason therefor. So that the purpose for which it was enacted is not defeated.