Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4979

Determination of subject-matter jurisdiction. Its criterion: the claims advanced by the plaintiff. - Jurisdiction of the Labour Circuit of the Court of First Instance. Its nature. A claim for invalidation of the extraordinary general assembly meeting of the Union of Workers at the Ministry of Electricity and Water, invalidation of its resolutions, and their being deemed never to have existed pursuant to the provisions of the Union’s articles of association. Not a labour dispute. The consequence: the Labour Circuit lacks jurisdiction to hear it. The judgment’s adherence to this view. An implicit ruling that the court has jurisdiction to hear the action.