Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2127

A judgment awarding provisional compensation which did not determine the extent of the damage or the amount of compensation. Its acquisition of the force of res judicata. Its effect. It encompasses liability in its various elements, establishes the compensation debt in its origin and basis, has binding effect between the litigants, and confirms indebtedness affirmatively or negatively. The debt established by the judgment may not be confined to what appears in the operative part; rather, the subject matter of the debt must extend to encompass it - 349 - Civil Procedure in terms of elements of assessment, even through a subsequent action brought by the injured party for the same debt to complete it and determine its amount.