Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 16

A foreign arbitral award. The enforcement applicant’s following the litigation procedures required to obtain an order enforcing the award and submitting the documents specified in Article 4 of the New York Convention. Its effect. A rebuttable legal presumption arises in his favour as to the validity and enforceability of the arbitral award. The party against whom the award is invoked may avert its enforcement by presenting evidence rebutting that presumption from the legal provisions of the country in which it was made and the judgments and orders issued in this regard. Articles 3, 4, 5 of the New York Convention concerning Objection to and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards, to which Kuwait acceded by Law 10 of 1978.