Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 307

A clear provision with an evident meaning. It is impermissible to depart from it or interpret it. The reason for this. - A foreign judgment or order. Among the conditions for its enforcement in Kuwait is that it must not contain anything contrary to morals or public policy. The relevant consideration in this regard is Kuwaiti law. The reason for this. - Interest, whether contractual or statutory, in consideration of the debtor's use of a sum of money or as a penalty for delay in discharging the obligation to pay it. Impermissible. The reason for this. Article 305, Civil Code. Example concerning a civil debt on which interest is impermissible. - Issuance of a foreign judgment in a civil dispute and its award of usurious interest contrary to public policy in the State of Kuwait. Its effect. It may not be enforced in Kuwait insofar as it awards interest. The challenged judgment's contravention thereof and its ruling that the award of interest contained in that judgment does not infringe considerations of public policy in Kuwaiti society. An error in the application of the law requiring its cassation.