Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2474

The court of first instance's exhaustion of its jurisdiction by ruling on the merits of the action, and the Court of Appeal's finding that the judgment is void owing to a defect therein or in the preceding procedures, without the nullity extending to the statement initiating the action. Its effect. It must not stop at declaring nullity and must decide the merits by a new judgment observing the correct procedures. This does not constitute deprivation of a level of litigation.