Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 83

Joining two actions differing in cause and subject matter for hearing together does not result in their merger or in each losing its independence, unless the subject of the relief sought in each is the same, or the subject of each is an aspect - 20 - Civil Procedure of its counterpart in the other, or the basis of the dispute is the same; joining them then results in their being considered a single proceeding, so that resuming one after a stay results in resuming the other. Example concerning the resumption of an appeal.