Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4344

A request to appoint an expert to inspect and verify ownership documents as a preliminary step to assessing the damage resulting from failure to register the land. The substance and basis of the request is the claim of ownership. A ruling declaring the action thereon inadmissible because it was brought after the time limit without taking the procedures required by Article 1 of Law 33 of 2000 concerning claims to ownership of State real property, and ordering its claimants to pay costs. Its acquisition of the force of res judicata. Its effect. The fee on the action must be paid in full on the basis of the value of the property forming its subject matter, as determined by an expert appointed by the court for this purpose, by way of exception to Article 3 of Law 17 of 1972 concerning Judicial Fees and Article 2 of Law 39 - 764 - Procedure of 2002 concerning Certain Provisions Relating to the Protection of Real Property Ownership.