Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3722

State of Kuwait · Pleadings — Part Three · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office

English translation of the principle

The disputes that the arbitral tribunal has jurisdiction to determine are the civil and commercial disputes concerning which the law on arbitration was enacted. Disputes relating to an administrative contract. The Administrative Circuit of the Court of First Instance has jurisdiction over them, to the exclusion of the arbitral tribunal.
Arabic original
المنازعات التي تختص هيئة التحكيم بالفصل فيها هي المنازعات المدنية والتجارية التي صدر القانون بشأن التحكيم فيها. المنازعات المتعلقة بعقد إداري. تختص بها الدائرة الإدارية بالمحكمة الكلية دون هيئة التحكيم.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٢٢/١٩٩٧ تجاري جلسة ١/١١/١٩٩٨ مج القسم الرابع المجلد الثالث ص١٤٥)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Three — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 640. PDF pages: 637.

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