Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 991

The judge’s duty to refrain from hearing an action. Its basis. His having undertaken an act that gives him an opinion on it which conflicts - 189 - Procedure with the requirement that his mind be free of views on its subject matter. - The judge’s prior consideration of an action that prevents him from reconsidering it. Meaning thereof. His having previously issued a dispositive judgment or an interlocutory judgment on part thereof, or taken a procedural step therein revealing his opinion or viewpoint. Example of the absence of disqualification. Appointment of an expert to settle accounts by a judgment whose reasons expressed no opinion on the merits.