Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3752

Foreign arbitral award. The enforcement applicant's pursuit of the litigation procedures required to obtain an order enforcing the award and submission of the documents stipulated in Article Four of the New York Convention. Its effect. A rebuttable legal presumption arises in his favour as to the validity and enforceability of the arbitral award. The party against whom this award is invoked may avert its enforcement by submitting evidence rebutting this presumption based on the legal provisions in the country where it was made and the judgments and orders issued in this regard. Articles 3, 4, 5 of the New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards, to which Kuwait acceded by Law 10 of 1978.