Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3838

Judgments and orders issued in a foreign country. May be enforced in Kuwait under the same conditions prescribed in that country's law 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 ordinary manner for bringing an action. Conditions verified before ordering enforcement. Their nature. - An application to enforce a judgment rendered in a foreign state. Is neither a level of litigation nor a challenge to that judgment. Its implication. The competent judicial authority in the state where enforcement is sought may not reexamine the merits, and the applicant for enforcement is not required to attach a certificate evidencing service on the litigants before the body that rendered the judgment unless that judgment was rendered in absentia. Example concerning enforcement in the State of Kuwait of a judgment rendered in Bahrain and duly served in accordance with the law. - Enforcement of arbitral awards:-