Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1584

Submission of an application to the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor. It is the legal means by which the court becomes seized of the labor action, and judicial demand begins thereby. Its implication. Cessation of the action and nullity of the judgment issued therein. Its consequence: cessation of the preceding application because of the legal connection between them. It is impermissible to rely on this application to institute a subsequent action directly seeking the same relief. Contravention thereof. Its consequence: inadmissibility of the action for having been instituted otherwise than through the legal route. Example.