30/09/2026
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30/09/2026
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KUWAIT CITY, Sept 29: The Court of Appeals has declared inadmissible a lawsuit seeking more than KD 9,000 in compensation for gold jewelry, citing the principle of ‘res judicata’, or a matter that has already been decided, reports Al-Seyassah daily. The ruling overturned the ruling of the Court of First Instance that had ordered the husband to pay the claimed amount after the plaintiff filed a lawsuit seeking the value of the gold jewelry and took an oath before the court.
The Court of Appeals found that the matter had already been addressed in an earlier judgment, which had dismissed the claim after the plaintiff failed to establish that the husband had received the gold jewelry. The husband had previously obtained a ruling granting him a divorce on grounds of harm and requiring his wife to return the full dowry.
His defense argued that the subsequent lawsuits were frivolous and constituted an abuse of the right to litigate, alleging that they were intended to pressure and retaliate against him. Lawyer Nawaf Al-Wohaib said his defense team argued before the Court of Appeals that the claim had already been adjudicated and that the earlier judgment had specifically addressed the issue of the gold jewelry. The court accepted the defense’s argument, ruling the lawsuit inadmissible and overturning the contested judgment
