Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4270

Grounds relating to public policy. The Court of Cassation may raise them of its own motion even if they were not included in the appeal petition. Its condition. It must be established that, when deciding the action, the court hearing the merits had before it all the elements enabling it to comprehend these grounds and rule in the action on their basis, and that these grounds relate to the determination appealed against. - The binding force of judgments. A matter of public policy. Example concerning a fee-assessment order.