Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1614

Judgments that have acquired res judicata effect. Binding as to the dispute they have determined. That effect may not be overturned by new factual evidence or legal arguments not previously raised in the first action. The condition thereof. - Identity of subject matter in the two actions. When it is established. - A wife's filing of an action for divorce on grounds of harm and its dismissal. Her right to bring a subsequent action on the same ground. Its condition. Her reliance on facts different from those on which the first action was brought. Determining this. Falls within the trial judge's exclusive authority.