Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1862

A cassation appeal is an exceptional means of challenging judgments rendered by the Court of Appeal and any final judgment, regardless of the court that rendered it, if it determined a dispute contrary to another judgment previously rendered between the same parties and possessing the force of res judicata. The objective of the legislature’s permitting this exceptional means. - A petition for reconsideration may not be used as a pretext for challenging a judgment by way of cassation. - The termination of proceedings at a particular level. A matter determined by the legislature.