A single court divided into subject-matter circuits rather than separate courts, with a Court of Appeal above it. Labour disputes involving migrant workers, who form the large majority of the workforce, run through its labour circuit, and the kafala sponsorship system shapes much of that litigation.
How the court is constituted
- Tier
- first instance
- Court type
- General first-instance court
- Jurisdiction
- First-instance civil, commercial, criminal, administrative, personal-status, labour and rental jurisdiction through specialised circuits.
- Seat
- Kuwait City
- Established
- 1959
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