Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4355

Assessment of the value of an action for judicial fees. By what the plaintiff claims in its statement of claim or in the amended claims if their value is greater. - 767 - Civil Procedure - Submission of the statement of claim or application to the court. Is the event giving rise to the Public Treasury's right to collect judicial fees thereon. The plaintiff's obligation to pay the fees due on the action he brings or the application he makes. Its condition. That it be duly brought before the court in the legal manner. The basis for this. - An incidental indemnity action. Its independence from the original action. The consequence. The plaintiff therein is obliged to pay judicial fees without this depending on the court's ruling on the costs of the action consequent upon its ruling on the merits of the dispute between its parties. - The party seeking indemnity. May not request judgment against the indemnifier for what the plaintiff in the original action seeks to have adjudged against the party seeking indemnity. His right is confined to requesting judgment against the indemnifier for whatever may be adjudged against him of those claims. Example of a reasonable inference requiring the plaintiff in the incidental indemnity action to pay the costs of his action.