Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 341

Amendment of the value of the action before the Court of First Instance to an amount not exceeding five thousand dinars. Its effect. The said court must, of its own motion, rule that it lacks jurisdiction ratione valoris to hear the action and refer it to the competent Summary Court. Its proceeding to adjudicate the merits without ruling that it lacks - 66 - Civil Procedure - jurisdiction. An error in the application of the law that vitiates its judgment and requires its cassation.