Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2821

The scope of an appeal is determined not by all requests presented to the court of first instance, but by those among them placed before the Court of Appeal. Implication thereof. The Court of Appeal may not address in detail what the notice of appeal did not encompass by way of a request, since the appeal does not transfer it to that court. - Appealing the principal claim directed against a particular litigant does not place before the Court of Appeal the alternative claim directed against another litigant. - 478 - Procedure