KCC 584/2020
This case involved whether the conditions for a precautionary seizure existed. Rulings in the UAE had confirmed a debt.
Background
A claimant filed a plea against the defendant before the court. They requested the court to accept the plea and to dismiss the appealed order. They said that the defendant owed them 1,471,361,400 Emirati Dirhams and legal interests of 9% annually. They said that two rulings had been issued against the defendant in the UAE. She said that they had filed a case in order to execute the rulings in Kuwait. They said that they had requested the judge of urgent issues to impose a precautionary seizure on the claimant's assets. They said that the judge had refused to do so although the conditions had already been met.
The court said that the consideration of the case did not fall within its jurisdiction and referred the case to the major commercial court. The major court dismissed the appealed order and imposed precautionary lockdown on the claimant's assets.
The defendant appealed the ruling before the court of appeal. The court upheld the appealed ruling.