Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 358

What the Lawyers' Disciplinary Board issues in respect of a lawyer referred to it. A judgment, not an administrative decision. The reason therefor: the legislature conferred upon it the nature and characteristics of a judgment by making the judicial element predominant in its composition at the first stage, making its appellate formation consist solely of members of the judiciary without participation by others, vesting prosecutorial authority in the Public Prosecution, and regulating the procedures for hearing matters brought before the Board at its two levels so as to ensure that the lawyer is informed of the allegations against him and the hearings at which the matter is considered, enabling the lawyer to present his defense, establishing the right to lodge an opposition to the decision issued - 75 - Civil Procedure - against him, permitting the Public Prosecution and the lawyer to appeal the decision, and specifying the time limit within which this may be done. Its implication. The legislature has assimilated a decision of conviction or acquittal to judgments, and it is not an administrative decision.