Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2337

The prescribed period for barring the hearing of an action is interrupted by a judicial claim, even if the action is brought before a court lacking jurisdiction. - A judgment deeming the action never to have been brought. It results in the extinction of the proceedings and all effects arising from their institution, including interruption of the prescribed period for barring the hearing of the action. - The injured party’s action against the person liable for his unlawful act. It is time-barred upon the passage of three years from the date on which the criminal judgment rendered therein becomes final.