Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2663

Assessment of the value of the action for court-fee purposes. According to the relief sought by the plaintiff in its statement of claim or the amended claims if their value is greater. - Submission of the statement of claim or application to the court. It is the event giving rise to the right to collect court fees thereon for the public treasury. The plaintiff's obligation to pay the fees due on the action he brings or the application he makes. Its condition. That it be brought before the court in the legally prescribed manner. The basis thereof. - An ancillary indemnity action. Its independence from the original action. The implication thereof. The plaintiff therein is obliged to pay the court fees without this depending upon the court's ruling on the costs of the action following its determination of the merits of the dispute between its parties. - The claimant for indemnity. He may not seek judgment against the indemnifier for what the plaintiff in the original action seeks to have adjudged against the claimant for indemnity. His right is confined to seeking judgment against the indemnifier for such of those claims as may be adjudged against him. Example of a reasonable finding requiring the plaintiff in the ancillary indemnity action to pay the costs of his action.