Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 78

Disregarding a special law in order to apply a general law is impermissible. The reason therefor. It is contrary to the purpose for which the special law was enacted. An example concerning the impermissibility of invoking the Law Regulating Obligations Arising from Unlawful Acts, which is a general law, in respect of the liability of the Ports Authority, on the pretext that it repealed the provisions of the Ports Law, which is a special law.