Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3836

Judgments and orders issued in a foreign country. They may be enforced in Kuwait under the same conditions prescribed in the law of that country for enforcement of judgments and orders issued in Kuwait. An application for an enforcement order is brought before the Court of First Instance in the usual manner for bringing an action. The conditions verified before enforcement is ordered. Their nature. - An application to enforce a judgment issued in a foreign state. Is neither a level of litigation nor a challenge to that judgment. The implication thereof. The competent judicial authority in the state requested to enforce it may not re-examine the merits, and the enforcement applicant is not required to attach a certificate evidencing service on the parties before the authority that issued the judgment unless that judgment was rendered in absentia. An example concerning enforcement in the State of Kuwait of a judgment issued in Bahrain and duly served in accordance with the law.