Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1657

A request to appoint an expert to examine and verify title documents in preparation for assessing the damage resulting from failure to register the land. The substance and basis of the request is the assertion of ownership. A ruling declaring the action thereon inadmissible because it was brought after the deadline without taking the procedures required by Article 1 of Law 33 of 2000 concerning claims to ownership of State real estate, and ordering its plaintiffs to pay costs. Its acquisition of the force of res judicata. Its effect. The full fee must be paid on the action based on the value of the property forming its subject matter, which is determined by an expert appointed by the court for this purpose, as an exception to Article 3 of Law 17 of 1972 concerning judicial fees and Article 2 of Law 39 of 2002 concerning certain provisions relating to the protection of real estate ownership.