Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 717

The rules and provisions governing temporary appointment of employees by contract. Delegation to the Civil Service Council to formulate them in forms to which government authorities must adhere. - A public employee's employment contract. An administrative contract. Its regulatory, organizational aspect consists of the rules and provisions governing temporary appointment. The implication thereof. Placing the employee in a statutory position governed by laws and regulations. That position is susceptible to change and amendment without invoking the rule that the contract is the law of the contracting parties: the effect thereof. - The laws and regulations under which contracts with employees are concluded. Everyone is presumed to know them. The effect thereof. Their incorporation into their appointment contracts. - The administration's power to amend the contract is the principal characteristic of administrative contracts. Its implication. Its right to amend the contract during its performance whenever the needs of the public service or the public interest so require, without the need for a provision to that effect in the contract or the other party's consent. Example: Civil Service Council Decision 2/81 included a provision amending certain appointment contracts in accordance with its provisions upon their renewal. Its effect. The contractual relationship becomes governed by the added provision upon renewal even if that provision is not actually included in the renewed contract.