Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1726

Referral of the debtor to the Institution for Settlement of Transactions Relating to Company Shares Concluded on a Forward Basis does not prevent his creditor in respect of an ordinary debt from resorting to the ordinary courts to claim his debt. The creditor’s previous submission of his debt documents to the Institution does not preclude this. The basis for this. - The bankruptcy court specified in Law No. 75/1983 has no jurisdiction over disputed debts except upon referral of the debtor to it and issuance therein of a judgment declaring him bankrupt.