Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3604

Arbitration is a judicial act of a special nature. The meaning and effect of this. The proposition that the judge of the principal matter is the judge of the ancillary matter cannot be stated without qualification in relation to it. - An agreement to arbitrate a dispute concerning a particular contract. Consequence. It does not extend to another contract, even if connected with it and between the same parties. Establishment that this connection is indivisible because its determination admits of only one solution. Effect. The courts have jurisdiction to hear both actions. Example.