Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 952

The general rule is that actions have an ascertainable value, except actions brought for relief not susceptible to valuation. - Rules for assessing the value of an action. Their connection with public policy. The effect thereof. - An action to annul a fee-assessment order based on exemption from costs pursuant to a judgment. Its correct characterization. It is an action for a declaration of non-liability for judicial fees and costs, of unassessed value, exceeding the final-instance monetary threshold of the Court of First Instance. The judgment rendered therein. Not final. It may be challenged by appeal. The challenged judgment’s ruling that the appeal is impermissible because of the insufficient monetary amount is vitiated by an error in the application of the law requiring its cassation.