Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3008

A ruling that the proceedings in an action have lapsed or have expired through the passage of time. Its effect. Extinction of judgments rendered therein ordering evidentiary measures and cancellation of all procedural steps, including the institution of the action. This does not affect the right for which the action was brought, the definitive judgments rendered therein, the procedures preceding those judgments, the admissions made by the litigants, or the oaths they have sworn. The litigants may rely on the investigative procedures and expert work performed unless inherently invalid. This effect extends to the case where an action is deemed never to have been brought for failure to reinstate it after striking out within the prescribed time limit. The basis thereof. Article 101, Civil Procedure Code. - Deeming an action never to have been brought for failure to reinstate it after striking out within the time limit. A new action with the same previous claims may be brought even if the proceedings in the first action lapsed upon the expiry of one year from the date of striking out. - Special limitation:-