Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2097

Provisions of laws. Their application to what occurs from the date they enter into force. The effect of a new law may not extend to procedures undertaken and situations established before its entry into force. - A procedural act validly undertaken under the old law. It remains valid under the new law even if the latter considers it void. Example concerning the amendment of the Legal Profession Law No. 42/1964 by Law 62/1996, effective from 22/12/1996, requiring statements of claim in actions whose value exceeds five thousand dinars to be signed by a lawyer. - A manifestly invalid defence. No fault attaches to the judgment if it does not address it.