Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2717

The Summary Court. Its jurisdiction to adjudicate at first instance civil and commercial actions whose value does not exceed five thousand dinars, and its judgment is final if the value does not exceed one thousand dinars. - The Court of First Instance. Its jurisdiction to adjudicate at first instance civil and commercial actions outside the jurisdiction of the Summary Court, unless the law provides otherwise, and its judgment is final if the value of the action does not exceed five thousand dinars. - Assessment of the value of the action in relation to the appeal threshold. How it is conducted. Articles 37 to 44 of the Civil and Commercial Procedure Law. - Rules for assessing the value of the action. Their relation to public policy; no account is taken of an agreement between the litigants contrary to them, and the judge must examine them of his own motion. An example of a judgment that did not comply with those rules, necessitating its cassation for an error in the application of the law.