Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2016

The relative effect of procedural measures concerning challenge against a judgment. Its import. Where there are multiple judgment debtors and only one or some of them challenge the judgment, the challenge benefits only - 328 - Procedure those who brought it within the time limit, to the exclusion of the others, and may be invoked only against those against whom it was brought within the time limit, to the exclusion of the others. - Actions involving an indivisible subject matter or a joint and several obligation, or in which the law requires the joinder of specified persons. Multiple judgment debtors therein, with only one or some of them challenging the judgment within the time limit. They may join those who challenged within the time limit. Their failure to do so. Its effect: the court must order those who challenged within the time limit to join them in their challenge. The reason therefor. To avoid a judgment on the challenge conflicting with the challenged judgment as regards those who did not challenge it. Example concerning the case of a joint and several obligation.