Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 972

The courts possess general jurisdiction and are competent to hear all disputes except those excluded. - The exceptional circuit competent to declare bankruptcy, constituted under Law 7/1983. Its jurisdiction to determine disputed debts. Its prerequisite. Referral of the debtor to it and issuance of a judgment declaring his bankruptcy. The judgment's conclusion that this circuit has jurisdiction to hear a dispute without the Institution for the Settlement of Forward Transactions in Company Shares having referred the debtor's matter to it and without its having issued a judgment declaring his bankruptcy. A violation of the law.