Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 643

Kuwaiti courts. Their jurisdiction to hear actions brought against a Kuwaiti, whether relating to personal status or property matters, civil or commercial, whether or not he has a domicile or place of residence in Kuwait, and whether the plaintiff is a Kuwaiti or a foreigner domiciled in Kuwait, residing therein, or present outside it. Likewise, actions brought against a foreigner who has a domicile or place of residence in Kuwait. The exception. Immovable-property actions relating to immovable property outside Kuwait, whether personal immovable-property actions, actions in rem concerning immovable property, or mixed actions, but not personal movable-property actions even if connected with immovable property - 477 - Civil Procedure situated abroad. The purpose thereof. Narrowing the scope of actions excluded, by way of exception, from the international jurisdiction of Kuwaiti courts. - Immovable property is one of the fundamental manifestations of state sovereignty, and judgments relating to it are enforced in the state where it is situated, which will not permit their enforcement if issued by foreign courts. Example.