Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2873

Appellate proceedings. They are considered independent of the proceedings before the court of first instance in terms of their institution and conduct. Its effect: cessation of the capacity of a representative of a litigant after the date of the first-instance judgment. This has no retroactive effect on procedural steps validly taken at first instance. Cessation of his capacity is confined to representing that litigant in the appellate proceedings. Example concerning cessation of the capacity of the Public Authority for Minors Affairs after the first-instance judgment was rendered. 5- In terms of its persons, joinder and intervention therein:-