Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1744

The general rule is that only the person who brings an appeal against a judgment benefits from it, and it may be invoked only against the person against whom it was brought. - Failure by some judgment debtors to appeal against the judgment. It has no effect on an appeal validly brought by others. Rationale thereof. The legislature departed from this rule in three cases. Article 134/2 of the Civil Procedure Law, including indivisibility. Its meaning. A person who has missed the time limit for appealing against the judgment or has accepted it may appeal against it while an appeal brought by one of them is being heard, joining him in his claims. His failure to do so. The court may order that he be joined as a party to the appeal. Example. - The Court of Cassation directing the appellant to join the remaining judgment debtors. His failure to do so. Its effect. A ruling - 277 - Civil Procedure that the appeal is inadmissible.