Judicial principles and studies
Permission to Cassation and Claim Value after Amendment to the Civil Procedure Law
This brief summarizes how the amendment to the Civil Procedure Law affects the requirement for permission to cassation in claims not exceeding 20,000 dinars, using the judgment date as the reference point. It refers to an applied instance where claimed rights totaled 10,037 dinars after the amendment took effect.
Updated: 10 September 2026
Prepared and reviewed by: Ashraf Al-Khawaja
Subject
The amendment to the Civil Procedure Law became effective immediately upon issuance except for situations covered by its Article Two. Consequently, appellate-court decisions dated 2024/4/16 and later, where the claim value does not exceed 20,000 dinars, require permission to file a cassation appeal; the decisive reference is the judgment date.
Summary
In the cited instance, a decision issued by the court of first instance acting as an appellate court on 2024/10/17 — after the amendment took effect — involved claimed labor rights totaling 10,037 dinars in the final pleading. Therefore, a cassation appeal is not admissible without permission from the court president. The cited appeal identifier in the available points is: تمييز حقوق هيئة عامة رقم ٧٢/ ٢٠٢٥.
Practical significance
Practitioners and litigants must confirm the judgment date and the aggregate claimed amount before lodging a cassation appeal, since post-amendment judgments with claim values at or below 20,000 dinars require prior permission from the court president. This content is a general educational summary and not a judicial text or legal advice.
Sources and references
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