Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 954

The principal claim is the claim taken into account in assessing the value of the action. Its nature and the determining consideration therein. - 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 by value to hear the action and refer it to the competent Summary Court. Its proceeding to determine the merits without ruling that it lacks jurisdiction. An error in the application of the law.