Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 19

Kuwait's accession to the New York Convention concerning Objection to and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards. Its consequence. This Convention is deemed one of the laws of the state, obliging the judge to apply the rules contained therein, and its parties must recognize the binding authority of an arbitral award issued in another contracting state or under its law and order its enforcement in accordance with the rules prescribed by their law for obtaining an order enforcing the award. - Enforcement in Kuwait of an arbitral award issued in one of the states that acceded to the aforementioned New York Convention. Its condition. - 10 - Commercial - Submission by the applicant for enforcement of a foreign arbitral award of the documents required for its enforcement in Kuwait. A legal presumption in its favor that the award is valid in terms of the validity of the arbitration proceedings and that it is binding on its parties; its opponent may rebut this presumption by providing evidence to the contrary.