Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2031

A request to correct or change names. It can concern only something existing, either recorded incorrectly and sought to be corrected, or undesired and sought to be changed. Adding a name initially that had no prior existence. This does not constitute correction or change. Its true nature. It is an action concerning lineage. - The female appellant's request to add a surname to her name because it appears in the names of her paternal cousins. Its characterization. It is an action to correct a name, not an action concerning lineage. Reason therefor. Because her lineage to this surname is not in dispute. The challenged judgment's characterization of the action as one concerning lineage and its ruling that it is inadmissible on the ground that it was brought without another right. An error in the application of the law. - Labor actions and trade unions:-